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Bi⋅net-Si⋅mon scale

  [bi-ney-sahy-muhn; Fr. bee-ne-see-mawn]
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–noun Psychology.
a test for determining the relative development of intelligence, esp. of children, consisting of a series of questions and tasks graded with reference to the ability of the normal child to deal with them at successive age levels.
Also called Binet-Simon test, Binet scale, Binet test.

Origin:
1920–25
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Bi·net-Si·mon scale   (bĭ-nā'sē-mōɴ', -sī'mən)   
n.  An evaluation of the relative mental development of children by a series of psychological tests of intellectual ability. Also called Binet scale, Binet-Simon test, Binet test.

[After Alfred Binet (1857-1911) and Théodore Simon (1873-1961), French psychologists.]
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Main Entry: Bi·net–Si·mon scale
Pronunciation: bi-"nA-sE-'mOn-
Function: noun
: an intelligence test consisting orig. of tasksgraded from the level of the average 3-year-old to that of the average 12-year-old but later extended in range called also Binet-Simon test, Binet test; —see STANFORD-BINET TEST
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Binet-Simon scale n.
An evaluation of the relative mental development of children by a series of psychological tests of intellectual ability. Also called Binet scale, Binet-Simon test, Binet test.

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