Dictionary Definition
degree
Noun
1 a position on a scale of intensity or amount or
quality; "a moderate degree of intelligence"; "a high level of care
is required"; "it is all a matter of degree" [syn: grade, level]
2 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?" [syn: level, stage, point]
3 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" [syn:
academic
degree]
4 a unit of temperature on a specified scale;
"the game was played in spite of the 40-degree temperature"
5 a measure for arcs and angles; "there are 360
degrees in a circle" [syn: arcdegree]
6 the highest power of a term or variable
7 the seriousness of something (e.g., a burn or
crime); "murder in the second degree"; "a second degree burn"
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Noun
- A unit of measurement of angle equal to 1/360 of a circle's circumference.
- A unit of measurement of temperature on any of several scales, such as Celsius or Fahrenheit.
- Any of various units used to express specific gravity, bitterness, darkness, etc. in manufacturing various commodities.
- The amount that an entity possesses a certain property;
proportion or
extent.
- To what degree do the two accounts of the accident concur?
- An award (generally superior to a diploma but inferior to a doctorate) bestowed by a university or, in some countries, a college, as an indication of academic achievement or occasionally bestowed to honor its recipient.
- The number of edges that a vertex takes part in; a valency.
- The sum of the exponents of a term; or, in the context of a polynomial, the highest degree of all its terms.
Derived terms
Translations
in geometry: unit of angle
- Bosnian: stepen
- Catalan: grau
- Croatian: stupanj
- Czech: stupeň
- Dutch: graad
- Finnish: aste
- French: degré
- German: Grad , Winkelgrad , Altgrad , Neugrad
- Greek: μοίρα
- Hebrew: מעלה (ma'ala)
- Italian: grado
- Japanese: 度 (do)
- Lithuanian: laipsnis
- Polish: stopień
- Portuguese: grau
- Serbian:
- Slovak: stupeň
- Slovene: stopinja
- Spanish: grado
- Swedish: grad
unit of temperature
- Bosnian: stepen
- Catalan: grau
- Croatian: stupanj
- Czech: stupeň
- Dutch: graad
- Finnish: aste
- French: degré
- German: Grad
- Greek: βαθμός
- Hebrew: מעלה (ma'ala)
- Italian: grado
- Japanese: 度 (do)
- Kurdish:
- Lithuanian: laipsnis
- Polish: stopień
- Portuguese: grau
- Serbian:
- Slovak: stupeň
- Slovene: stopinja
- Spanish: grado
- Swedish: grad
amount, proportion, extent
academic award
- Bosnian: diploma
- Catalan: títol, diploma
- Croatian: diploma
- Esperanto: titolo
- Finnish: oppiarvo, tutkinto
- French: diplôme
- German: Diplom , akademischer Diplom
- Hebrew: תואר (toar)
- Italian: laurea
- Japanese: 学位 (gakui)
- Polish: stopień naukowy
- Portuguese: diploma
- Serbian:
- Slovak: titul
- Spanish: título, diploma
- Swedish: examen
in graph theory: the number of edges that a
vertex takes part in
- Croatian: stupanj
- Finnish: aste
- French: degré
- Japanese: 次数 (jisū)
Extensive Definition
Degree, in the sense of measurement, is used to
indicate:
- Comparative degree ("good", "better") and superlative degree ("best")
- Severity of similar crimes (in some jurisdictions) — for example first degree murder
- Intensity of a burn (from first degree to third degree)
- Level of kinship (consanguinity)
- Degree of inventiveness in inventions and patents
Degree may also refer to:
In science:
- Degree (angle), a unit of angle measurement
- Degree (temperature), a unit of temperature measurement
- Degree (symbol), (°), a notation used in science, engineering and mathematics
- Degree API, a measure of density in the petroleum industry
- Degree Baumé, a couple of density scales
- Degree Brix, a measure of sugar concentration
- Degree of curvature, a unit of curvature measurement
- Degrees of freedom (physics and chemistry)
In mathematics:
In education:
- Academic degree, an academic award or title requiring a longer study period than a diploma
- Vocational degree, an award in vocational education
Degree may also refer to:
- Degree (music), a particular note of a scale in relation to the tonic
- Degree (deodorant), a brand of antiperspirant
- A degree of initiation, often used in secret societies and some pagan religious groups - for example: Knights Templar (Freemason degree)
degree in Bosnian: Stepen (čvor)
degree in Bulgarian: Градус
degree in Catalan: Grau
degree in Czech: Stupeň
degree in Danish: Grad
degree in German: Grad
degree in Spanish: Grado
degree in Esperanto: Grado (apartigilo)
degree in Basque: Gradu
degree in French: Degré
degree in Galician: Grao
degree in Croatian: Stupanj
degree in Ido: Grado
degree in Indonesian: Derajat
degree in Interlingua (International Auxiliary
Language Association): Grado
degree in Icelandic: Gráða
degree in Italian: Grado
degree in Hebrew: מעלה
degree in Hungarian: Fok#Szög
degree in Dutch: Graad
degree in Japanese: 度
degree in Norwegian: Grad
degree in Polish: Stopień
degree in Portuguese: Grau
degree in Romanian: Grad (dezambiguizare)
degree in Russian: Градус
degree in Albanian: Shkalla
degree in Simple English: Degree
degree in Slovak: Stupeň
degree in Slovenian: Stopinja
degree in Swedish: Grad
degree in Vietnamese: Độ (định hướng)
degree in Ukrainian: Градус (значення)
degree in Chinese: 度
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
AA,
AB, AM, Associate of Arts, BS, Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of
Divinity, Bachelor of Science, DD, DDS, Doctor of Divinity, Doctor of
Laws, Doctor of Letters, Doctor of Medicine, Doctor of Music,
Doctor of Philosophy, Doctor of Science, Doctor of Theology,
JD, LLD, LittD, MA, MBA, MD, MFA, MLS, MS, Master of Arts, Master of
Divinity, Master of Science, PhD, SB, SM, STD, ScD, ThD, baccalaureate, baccalaureus, bachelor, bar, bar line, barometer, bit by bit,
brace, by degrees,
canon, cardinal points,
caste, check, class, compass card, compass rose,
condition, consecutive
intervals, considerably, continuity, criterion, decidedly, degrees, diapason, diatessaron, diatonic
interval, diatonic semitone, dimension, doctor, doctorate, east, eastward, enharmonic diesis,
enharmonic interval, estate, exceedingly, extent, fifth, fourth, gauge, gradation, grade, gradually, graduated scale,
half points, half step, halftone, hierarchy, highly, inch by inch, inchmeal, interval, ledger line, lengths, less semitone, level, limit, line, little by little, lubber
line, magnitude,
master, measure, melodic interval,
model, norm, north, northeast, northward, northwest, notch, note, occident, octave, order, orient, parallel octaves,
parameter, pattern, place, point, position, proportion, quantity, quarter points,
quite, rank, rate, rather, ratio, reading, readout, rhumb, rule, rung, scale, second, semitone, sequence, serial order,
seventh, situation, sixth, size, slowly, somewhat, south, southeast, southward, southwest, space, staff, stage, standard, standing, station, status, stave, step, step by step, subordination, substantially, sunrise, sunset, test, third, to a degree, tone, touchstone, type, unison interval, value, west, westward, whole step, yardstick