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The definition of IQ, which stands for Intelligence Quotient is a number indicating how smart someone is.

(abbreviation)

A smart person's score of 130 on an intelligence test is an example of IQ.

See IQ in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun pl. IQ's

a number intended to indicate a person's level of intelligence: it is the mental age (as shown by intelligence tests) multiplied by 100 and divided by the chronological age

Origin: < i(ntelligence) q(uotient)

Origin: L idem quod

the same as

See IQ in American Heritage Dictionary 4

abbreviation

intelligence quotient

abbreviation

Latin idem quod (the same as)

abbreviation

Iraq (in Internet addresses)

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