单词 | mental age |
释义 | mental ageSEE SYNONYMS FOR mental age ON THESAURUS.COM noun Psychology.the level of native mental ability or capacity of an individual, usually as determined by an intelligence test, in relation to the chronological age of the average individual at this level: a ten-year-old child with the mental age of a twelve-year-old; a mental age of twelve. Compare achievement age. Origin of mental ageFirst recorded in 1910–15 Words nearby mental agemensuration, mensurative, menswear, -ment, mental, mental age, mental artery, mental block, mental cruelty, mental deficiency, mental disease Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for mental agemental age nounpsychol the mental ability of a child, expressed in years and based on a comparison of his test performance with the performance of children with a range of chronological agesSee also intelligence quotient Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Medical definitions for mental agemental age n.A measure of mental development as determined by intelligence tests, generally restricted to children and expressed as the age at which that level is typically attained. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. |
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