Degree (IPA: /dɪˈɡɹi/)
| Degree (n.) |
A step, stair, or staircase. |
| Degree (n.) |
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. |
| Degree (n.) |
The point or step of progression to which a person has arrived; rank or station in life; position. |
| Degree (n.) |
Measure of advancement; quality; extent; as, tastes differ in kind as well as in degree. |
| Degree (n.) |
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. |
| Degree (n.) |
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. |
| Degree (n.) |
Three figures taken together in numeration; thus, 140 is one degree, 222 ,140 two degrees. |
| Degree (n.) |
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. |
| Degree (n.) |
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. |
| Degree (n.) |
A division, space, or interval, marked on a mathematical or other instrument, as on a thermometer. |
| Degree (n.) |
A line or space of the staff. |
| Degree |
Angle unit; π/180 radians |
| Degree |
Number of edges incident to a given vertex in a node-link graph |
| Degree |
The position of a particular note on a scale relative to the tonic |
| Degree |
Unit of measurement of temperature |
| Degree |
Family name |
| Degree Synonyms |
Academic Degree |
| Degree Synonyms |
Arcdegree |
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| Degree Synonyms |
Level, Grade |
| Degree Synonyms |
Point, Level, Stage |
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| Degree (Last Name / Surname) |
Degree is the #22,559 most common last name / surname from the 2010 United States Census. The census reported that 1,139 people had that surname. |
| Spanish Translation |
Degree in Spanish is La Licenciatura |
| Tagalog Translation |
Degree in Tagalog is Antas |
| Example Sentence (Quote) "A generous and elevated mind is distinguished by nothing more certainly than an eminent degree of curiosity." - Samuel Johnson |
| Example Sentence (Quote) "A small degree of wit, accompanied by good sense, is less tiresome in the long run than a great amount of wit without it." - Wit |
| Example Sentence (Quote) " Alas! by some degree of woe We every bliss must gain; The heart can ne'er a transport know, That never feels a pain." - Bliss |
| Example Sentence (Quote) " Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom." - Common sense |
| Example Sentence (Quote) " Compassion in the highest degree is the divinest form of religion." - Compassion |
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