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IQ

noun

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˌaɪ ˈkjuː/

adj

  1. Smart, intelligent.

    That was an IQ play!

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).