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Binet-Simon scale

Bi·net-Si·mon scale [ bi này si mṓn skàyl, bi náy smən skàyl ]


noun 
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IQ measuring system: a system for measuring levels of intelligence determined through a series of tests and graded with reference to the ability of average children to accomplish them at successive age levels. The tests were devised on the orders of the French government to determine the suitability of children for state education.

[Early 20th century. After Alfred Binet (1857-1911) and Théodore Simon (1873-1961), French psychologists]
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