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Degree
dɪˈɡriː
Degree definitions
noun
degree
degrees
- the amount, level, or extent to which something happens or is present
"a degree of caution is probably wise"
- a unit of measurement of angles, one ninetieth of a right angle or the angle subtended by one three-hundred-and-sixtieth of the circumference of a circle
"set at an angle of 45 degrees"
- a unit in any of various scales of temperature, intensity, or hardness
"water boils at 100 degrees Celsius"
- each of a set of grades (usually three) used to classify burns according to their severity
- a legal grade of crime or offence, especially murder
"second-degree murder"
- a step in direct genealogical descent
"second-degree relatives"
- a position in a musical scale, counting upwards from the tonic or fundamental note
"the lowered third degree of the scale"
- the class into which an equation falls according to the highest power of unknowns or variables present
"an equation of the second degree"
- any of the three steps on the scale of comparison of gradable adjectives and adverbs, namely positive, comparative, and superlative
- a rank in an order of freemasonry
- a thing placed like a step in a series; a tier or row
- an academic rank conferred by a college or university after examination or after completion of a course, or conferred as an honour on a distinguished person
"a degree in zoology"
- social or official rank
"persons of unequal degree"