Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Emotional intelligence.
- abbreviation educational quotient
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An abbreviation of
equity .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- abbreviation
Emotional quotient , ametric similar toIQ but measuring one's perception ofemotions . - abbreviation EverQuest, a
massively multiplayer online role-playing game by Sony Online Entertainment.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the atomic weight of an element that has the same combining capacity as a given weight of another element; the standard is 8 for oxygen
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Intellect can be measured by standardized IQ tests, but there's no actual measure of what I call the "EQ," or Emotional Quotient.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Dr. Jim Taylor 2012
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Intellect can be measured by standardized IQ tests, but there's no actual measure of what I call the "EQ," or Emotional Quotient.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Donna Flagg 2012
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Not only is it important to look at the technical skill set they have…but also the strengths on what I call the EQ side of the equation in terms of getting along and dealing or interacting with people.
unknown title 2011
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I see why the writer has been published in EQ and AHMM.
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According to SETI researchers, they would assume a certain EQ (encephalization quotient – see the link I provided).
Bunny and a Book 2008
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Your EQ is 147 50 or less: Thanks for answering honestly.
November 29th, 2007 waxesglad 2007
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This is mainly due to my best memories in EQ - the people who I was guilded with and spent hours killing mobs ad nauseum.
Another One Bites the Dust Peter 2004
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I sometimes think that I was jaded when I started doing that in EQ - looking for the "best" gear and "best" this and that.
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I still call those folks I met in EQ my friends and I miss them as much as I would any friend I have outside a game.
REVIEW: EverQuest:Lost Dungeons of Norrath Peter 2004
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If you haven't tried LDON in EQ - you will find that it fits aspects of the definition for "fun quotient."
Another One Bites the Dust Peter 2004
alexz commented on the word EQ
abbreviation for earthquake for short messages.
December 31, 2015