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encephalization quotient

encephalization quotient 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.

Noun

encephalization quotient (plural encephalization quotients)

  1. 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.

Forms of encephalization quotient

pluralencephalization quotients

Origin of encephalization quotient

From encephalize + -ation.

Questions about encephalization quotient

What does encephalization quotient mean?
Encephalization quotient means 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.
What part of speech is encephalization quotient?
Encephalization quotient is a noun.
What is the plural of encephalization quotient?
The plural of encephalization quotient is encephalization quotients.

Words near encephalization quotient in the dictionary

  1. encephalitozoon
  2. encephalitozoonoses
  3. encephalitozoonosis
  4. encephalitozoons
  5. encephalization
  6. encephalization quotient
  7. encephalization quotients
  8. encephalizations
  9. encephalize
  10. encephalized
  11. encephalizes

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