Noun

(uncountable) Capacity of mind, especially to understand principles, truths, facts or meanings, acquire knowledge, and apply it to practice; the ability to learn and comprehend.

* 1912 , (Edgar Rice Burroughs), (Tarzan of the Apes), Chapter 5

Not so, however, with Tarzan, the man-child. His life amidst the dangers of the jungle had taught him to meet emergencies with self-confidence, and his higher intelligence resulted in a quickness of mental action far beyond the powers of the apes.

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(countable) An entity that has such capacities.

* Tennyson

The great Intelligences fair / That range above our mortal state, / In circle round the blessed gate, / Received and gave him welcome there.

(uncountable) Information]], usually secret, about the enemy or about hostile [[activity, activities.

(countable) A political or military department, agency or unit designed to gather information, usually secret, about the enemy or about hostile activities.

(dated) Acquaintance; intercourse; familiarity.

* Clarendon

He lived rather in a fair intelligence than any friendship with the favourites.

Noun

(psychometries)

The paranormal ability to discover information about an object's past, and especially about its past owners, merely by handling it.

(psychology) The use of psychological tests to measure intelligence, abilities, attitudes, and personality traits.

* 1960 , Indian Journal of Psychology XXXV–XXXVII, page 25:

In psychometry and paedometry his original contributions will be little unless he had equipped himself well with the subjects like mathematics and statistics.

* ibidem , page 27:

Again, barring in a few universities psychometry and physiological psychology are not regarded as compulsory papers.