Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

encephalization quotient

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.01 in modern English

Syllables: en-cephal-iza-tion quo-tient
IPA

48

Scrabble Score

23

Letters

5

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A relative brain size measure defined as the ratio between observed to predicted brain mass for an animal of a given size, based on nonlinear regression on a range of reference species.

Etymology

From encephalize + -ation.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: encephalize

Inflected Forms

encephalization quotients (plural)

Questions

What does encephalization quotient mean?: A relative brain size measure defined as the ratio between observed to predicted brain mass for an animal of a given size, based on nonlinear regression on a range of reference species.
Where does encephalization quotient come from?: From encephalize + -ation.

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