Meaning Of The Word Mental age

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Mental age Meaning

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mental age
A person's mental age is the age which they are considered to have reached in their ability to think or reason.

mental age in American English
an individual's degree of mental development measured in terms of the chronological age of the average individual of corresponding mental ability
noun: 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

mental age in British English
noun: the mental ability of a child, expressed in years and based on a comparison of his or her test performance with the performance of children with a range of chronological ages

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