IQ

a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.

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World English Dictionary

iq

—*the internet domain name for*
	Iraq

IQ

—*abbreviation for*
	intelligence quotient

i.q.

—*abbreviation for*
	idem quod

[Latin: the same as]

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Word Origin & History

I.Q.

1922, abbreviation of intelligence quotient, a 1921 translation of Ger. Intelligenz-quotient, coined 1912 by W.L. Stern.

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American Heritage

Medical Dictionary

IQ or I.Q.
abbr.
intelligence quotient

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FOLDOC

Computing Dictionary

IQ definition

Pictorial query language, implemented in Ratfor.
["Structured Implementation of an Image Query Language", Y.E. Lien et al, in Database Techniques for Pictorial Applications, A. Blaser ed, pp.416-430].

iq definition

networking
The country code for Iraq.
(1999-01-27)

American Heritage

Abbreviations & Acronyms

intelligence quotient
intelligent equalizer

i.q.
Latin idem quod (the same as)

Example sentences from the web

Iq does not explain the inheritance of economic status and wealth.

Correlations between iq scores and total years of education are about .

In many cases the iq of a person with spastic diplegia is unaffected by the condition.

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Matching Quote

"A sociosphere of contact, control, persuasion and dissuasion, of exhibitions of inhibitions in massive or homeopathic doses...: this is obscenity. All structures turned inside out and exhibited, all operations rendered visible. In America this goes all the way from the bewildering network of aerial telephone and electric wires ... to the concrete multiplication of all the bodily functions in the home, the litany of ingredients on the tiniest can of food, the exhibition of income or IQ."

-Jean Baudrillard