iq — ozdic

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5

ADJ.

easy, half, high, higher, lower, lower, pretty, specific

VERB + IQ

blame, boast, don't, enamoured, hawking, jump, know, referring

IQ + NOUN

children, data, lizard, losers, lynn's, trump, variance

PREP.

about, between, off, than, with

ADV.

once, only, presumably, such

Definitions

noun

1

Initialism of intelligence quotient.

A ratio scale is one with an absolute zero and equal intervals between the units of the scale. Height and weight are such scales. Presumably IQ is not, and certainly the Fahrenheit and centigrade scores are not.

Not everyone is quite as enamoured with IQ tests as Trump. In 2004, the New York Times asked Stephen Hawking what his IQ was and he memorably replied: “People who boast about their IQ are losers.” […] Let’s just hope that one consolation of the robots taking over is that we’ll finally stop hearing insufferable people go on about their very high IQs.

2

Initialism of image quality.

3

Initialism of Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit (Inuit traditional knowledge).

adj

1

Smart, intelligent.

That was an IQ play!

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A ratio scale is one with an absolute zero and equal intervals between the units of the scale. Height and weight are such scales. Presumably IQ is not, and certainly the Fahrenheit and centigrade scor

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Not everyone is quite as enamoured with IQ tests as Trump. In 2004, the New York Times asked Stephen Hawking what his IQ was and he memorably replied: “People who boast about their IQ are losers.” […]

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03

The study not only showed IQ variance between children the same parents, but because the authors had the IQ scores of various parents, it demonstrated that parents with higher IQs tended to have more

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That was an IQ play!

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Testing Koko's IQ is not easy.

Tatoeba · #61686

06

Far from refuting the thesis that race is to blame for lower IQ score, Lynn's data actually supports it.

Tatoeba · #72214

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, iq is marked as slang. Watch for register when choosing this word.