mental age
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Tweet n. Abbr. MA A measure of intellectual development as determined by an intelligence test, expressed as the age at which that test score is typically attained. It was formerly used in calculating intelligence quotients but is now used primarily in nontechnical contexts as a general description of cognitive and behavioral development. |
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