encephalization quotient

English

Etymology

From encephalize +‎ -ation.

Noun

encephalization quotient (plural encephalization quotients)

  1. (biology) 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.
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