i.q.

preposition

the same as

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intelligence quotientIQ
OriginLatin īdem →
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Meanings

preposition
  1. the same as

    Bejuthno, i.q. Bojudno

    1871, John Bannister, A Glossary of Cornish Names, London: Williams & Norgate, →OCLC, page 8
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    Cleopatris, Egypti, i. q. Arsinoe Heroopolitana.

    1851, William Hazlitt, The Classical Gazetteer: A Dictionary of Ancient Geography, Sacred and Profane, London: Whittaker & Co., →OCLC, page 113

    כָּרְסֵא, the throne; m. n., i. q. Hebr. כִּסֵּא, סּ being changed into רס.

    1859, George Longfield, An Introduction to the Study of the Chaldee Language, London: Whittaker & Co., →OCLC, page 157

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna measure of a person's intelligence as indicated by an intelligence test; the ratio of a person's mental age to their chronological age (multiplied by 100)

Similar
intelligence quotientIQ
Broader
ratio
Also see
intelligence quotientiq

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latinīdem“same”
  2. Englishi.q.

From the Latin īdem (“same”) + quod the neuter nominative of quī (“what”).

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