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mental age

n. Abbr. MA

A measure of mental development as determined by intelligence tests, generally restricted to children and persons with intellectual impairment and expressed as the age at which that level of development is typically attained.

mental age

(Psychology) Psychol 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 ages See also intelligence quotient

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mental age - the level of intellectual development as measured by an intelligence test

age - how long something has existed; "it was replaced because of its age"

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mental age n → età f inv mentale

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