mental ability

  • 1mental ability — index intellect, intelligence (intellect), understanding (comprehension) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 2mental ability — noun the power to learn or retain knowledge; in law, the ability to understand the facts and significance of your behavior • Syn: ↑capacity • Ant: ↑incapacity (for: ↑capacity) • Hypernyms: ↑ability, ↑ …

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  • 3mental age — ► NOUN ▪ a person s mental ability expressed as the age at which an average person reaches the same ability …

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  • 4mental age — n. an individual s degree of mental development measured in terms of the chronological age of the average individual of corresponding mental ability …

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  • 5Mental retardation — Classification and external resources ICD 10 F70 F …

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  • 6mental age — Psychol. 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… …

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  • 7mental capacity — noun mental ability he s got plenty of brains but no common sense • Syn: ↑brain, ↑brainpower, ↑learning ability, ↑mentality, ↑wit • Derivationally related forms: ↑mental ( …

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  • 8mental age — noun a person s mental ability expressed as the age at which an average person reaches the same ability …

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  • 9mental age — men′tal age′ n. psl cog the level of mental ability of an individual, usu. a child, expressed as the chronological age of the average individual at this level of ability, as determined by an intelligence test • Etymology: 1910–15 …

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  • 10mental age — noun How old one appears to be based solely on his mental ability and function …

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