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Definitions: I.Q. |
I.Q.Noun1. A 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) I Samuel n : the first of two books in the Old Testament that tell of Saul and David IA n : a state in midwestern United States IAA n : a plant hormone p. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Computing | IQ 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 |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
I.Q. | English | I quit | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | This is the most outstanding answer I have ever heard. You must have a goddamn I.Q. of 160. You are goddamn gifted, Private Gump. (Forrest Gump; writing credit: Eric Roth) Do you know why the number two hundred is so vitally descriptive of both you and me? It's your weight and my I.Q. (Superman; writing credit: Jerry Siegel; Joe Shuster) So, using my I.Q. of 260 -- that's 2-6-0 -- I built a cybernetic body, and became this bastard child of science that you see before you. I'm not asking for your pity, and I don't want your apologies. (Sealab 2021; writing credit: John J. Miller; Adam Reed) What is it about you that makes a man with a hundred forty-seven I.Q. feel like a dribbling idiot? (The Goodbye Girl; writing credit: Neil Simon) | |
Clever | You are an engineer if your I.Q. number is bigger than your weight. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Doctor I.Q. (1953) The Cuckoo I.Q. (1941) Quiz Reel: Junior I.Q. Parade (1941) I.Q. (1994) The Kid with the 200 I.Q. (1983) | |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | In these individuals, the classic features of Klinefelter syndrome may be exaggerated, with low I.Q. or moderate to severe mental retardation also occurring. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "I.Q." is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "I.Q." is used about 4 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 4 | 175,879 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "I.Q."; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Chinese | 智商。. (various references) | |
French | quotient intellectuel, QI. (various references) | |
German | IQ (Intelligence quotient, Iraq, Republic of Iraq), Intelligenzquotient (I Q, intelligence quotient). (various references) | |
Italian | quoziente intellettivo (Intelligence quotient), quoziente di intelligenza (Intelligence quotient), Q.I. (Intelligence quotient). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | i.q.ay.(various references) | |
Turkish | zekâ katsayısı (intelligence quotient), zekâ derecesi (intelligence quotient). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® YAWL-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters ".-.-i-q" | |
-2 letters: qi. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)49 2E 51 2E |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001001 00101110 01010001 00101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)I . Q . |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0049 002E 0051 002E |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)43165116 |
| 1. Definition 2. Usage: Modern 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Quotations: Non-fiction | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Translations: Modern 7. Abbreviations 8. Acronyms | 9. Anagrams 10. Orthography 11. Bibliography |
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