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Definition of 'degree'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) degree
any of a series of steps or stages, as in a process or course of action; a point in any scale.

2.  degree
a stage or point in or as if in progression or retrogression:
We followed the degrees of her recovery with joy.

3.  degree
a stage in a scale of intensity or amount:
a high degree of mastery.

4.  degree
extent, measure, scope, or the like.

5.  degree
a stage in a scale of rank or station, as in society, business, etc.:
a lord of high degree.

6.  degree
an academic title conferred by universities and colleges upon the completion of studies, or as an honorary recognition of achievement.

7.  degree
a unit of measure, esp. of temperature, marked on the scale of a measuring instrument.

8.  degree
the 360th part of a complete angle or turn, often represented by the sign °, as in 45°.

9.  degree
the distinctive classification of a crime according to its gravity.

10.  degree
one of the parallel formations of adjectives and adverbs used to express differences in quality, quantity, or intensity, consisting in English of the comparative, positive, and superlative.

11.  degree
the sum of the exponents of the variables in an algebraic term: x³and 2x²
y are terms of degree three.

12.  degree
the term of highest degree of a given equation or polynomial: The expression 3x²y+y²+ 1
is of degree three.

13.  degree
the exponent of the derivative of highest order appearing in a given differential equation.

14.  degree
a tone, step, or note of a musical scale.

15.  degree
a certain distance or remove in the line of descent, determining the proximity of relationship:
a cousin of the second degree.

16.  degree
Obs. a step, as of a stair.

17.  degree
somewhat.

18.  degree
exceedingly.

Etymology: (1200–50; ME degre < AF, OF < VL *dēgradus; see de -, grade)

Definition of 'degree'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) degree, grade, level
a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality
"a moderate grade of intelligence"; "a high level of care is required"; "it is all a matter of degree"

2. (noun) degree, level, stage, point
a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process
"a remarkable degree of frankness"; "at what stage are the social sciences?"

3. (noun) academic degree, degree
an award conferred by a college or university signifying that the recipient has satisfactorily completed a course of study
"he earned his degree at Princeton summa cum laude"

4. (noun) degree, arcdegree
a measure for arcs and angles
"there are 360 degrees in a circle"

5. (noun) degree
the highest power of a term or variable

6. (noun) degree
a unit of temperature on a specified scale
"the game was played in spite of the 40-degree temperature"

7. (noun) degree
the seriousness of something (e.g., a burn or crime)
"murder in the second degree"; "a second degree burn"

Definition of 'degree'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) degree
a document that shows sb has completed their studies at a college or university
a degree in Education from the University of Illinois; a Business degree

2.  degree
a university or college course
She's doing a degree in Physics.

3.  degree
the level or amount of sth
We expect some degree of cooperation from everyone.; a high degree of skill

4.  degree
to some degree/to a certain degree
partly or a little
It has improved to a certain degree.

5.  degree
first degree/second degree etc.
indicates how serious sth is
First degree murder charges; third degree burns

6.  degree
a unit for measuring temperature
It's 67 degrees and sunny.; 20 degrees (20; º) Celsius/Fahrenheit

7.  degree
a unit for measuring angles
a forty-five degree (45; º) angle

Definition of 'degree'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) degree
a step, stair, or staircase

2. (noun) degree
one of a series of progressive steps upward or downward, in quality, rank, acquirement, and the like; a stage in progression; grade; gradation; as, degrees of vice and virtue; to advance by slow degrees; degree of comparison

3. (noun) degree
the point or step of progression to which a person has arrived; rank or station in life; position

4. (noun) degree
measure of advancement; quality; extent; as, tastes differ in kind as well as in degree

5. (noun) degree
grade or rank to which scholars are admitted by a college or university, in recognition of their attainments; as, the degree of bachelor of arts, master, doctor, etc

6. (noun) degree
a certain distance or remove in the line of descent, determining the proximity of blood; one remove in the chain of relationship; as, a relation in the third or fourth degree

7. (noun) degree
three figures taken together in numeration; thus, 140 is one degree, 222,140 two degrees

8. (noun) degree
state as indicated by sum of exponents; more particularly, the degree of a term is indicated by the sum of the exponents of its literal factors; thus, a2b3c is a term of the sixth degree. The degree of a power, or radical, is denoted by its index, that of an equation by the greatest sum of the exponents of the unknown quantities in any term; thus, ax4 + bx2 = c, and mx2y2 + nyx = p, are both equations of the fourth degree

9. (noun) degree
a 360th part of the circumference of a circle, which part is taken as the principal unit of measure for arcs and angles. The degree is divided into 60 minutes and the minute into 60 seconds

10. (noun) degree
a division, space, or interval, marked on a mathematical or other instrument, as on a thermometer

11. (noun) degree
a line or space of the staff

Translation of 'degree'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: (an) amount or extent There is still a degree of uncertainty; The degree of skill varies considerably from person to person.
Afrikaans: graad, trap	Arabic: دَرَجَه	Bulgarian: степен
Brazilian: grau	Czech: míra, stupeň	German: der Grad
Danish: grad	Greek: βαθμός	Spanish: grado
Estonian: määr	Farsi: میزان؛ مقدار	Finnish: määrä
French: degré	Hebrew: מִידָה	Hindi: क्रम, कोटि, घनत्व या परिम
Croatian: stupanj, položaj	Hungarian: mérték, fok	Indonesian: tingkat
Icelandic: talsvert,þó nokkuð	Italian: grado	Japanese: 程度
Korean: 정도	Lithuanian: laipsnis	Latvian: pakāpe
Malay: kadar	Dutch: graad	Norwegian: grad
Polish: stopień	Persian: میزان؛ مقدار	Pashto: درجه: رتبه، دژوندانه پړاو
Portuguese: grau	Romanian: grad	Russian: степень
Slovak: miera	Slovenian: stopnja	Serbian: stepen
Swedish: grad	Thai: ระดับ	Turkish: derece, düzey
Taiwanese: 程度	Ukrainian: ступінь, міра	Urdu: مقدار یا شدّت
Vietnamese: mức độ	Chinese: 程度
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