degree
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
degree (plural degrees)
- (obsolete, outside, heraldry) A step on a set of stairs; the rung of a ladder. [from 13th c.]
- An individual step, or stage, in any process or scale of values. [from 13th c.]
- A stage of rank or privilege; social standing. [from 13th c.]
- [1526], [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamēt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], OCLC 762018299 ↗; republished as The New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ: Published in 1526. […], London: Samuel Bagster, […], 1836, OCLC 679500256 ↗, Luke XX:[21], page [237] ↗:
- And they axed him sayinge: Master, we knowe that thou sayest, and teachest ryght, nether considerest thou eny mannes degre, but teachest the waye of god truely.
- (genealogy) A ‘step’ in genealogical descent. [from 14th c.]
- 2002, Colin Jones (historian), The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, page 140:
- Louis created the École militaire in Paris in 1751, in which 500 scholarships were designated for noblemen able to prove four degrees of noble status.
- 2002, Colin Jones (historian), The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, page 140:
- (now rare) One's relative state or experience; way, manner. [from 14th c.]
- The amount that an entity possesses a certain property; relative intensity, extent. [from 14th c.]
- To what degree do the two accounts of the accident concur?
- A stage of proficiency or qualification in a course of study, now especially an award bestowed by a university or, in some countries, a college, as a certification of academic achievement. (In the United States, can include secondary schools.) [from 14th c.]
- She has two bachelor's degrees and is studying towards a master's degree.
- (geometry) A unit of measurement of angle equal to frac 1 of a circle's circumference. [from 14th c.]
- A right angle is a ninety-degree angle.
- Most humans have a field of vision of almost 180 degrees.
- (physics) A unit of measurement of temperature on any of several scales, such as Celsius or Fahrenheit. [from 18th c.]
- 180 degrees Fahrenheit is equivalent to 100 degrees Celsius.
- Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius.
- (algebra) The sum of the exponents of a term; the order of a polynomial. [from 18th c.]
- A quadratic polynomial is a polynomial of degree 2.
- (algebra, field theory) The dimensionality of a field extension.
- The set of complex numbers constitutes a field extension of degree 2 over the real numbers.
- The Galois field \operatorname{GF}(125) = \operatorname{GF}(5^3) has degree 3 over its subfield \operatorname{GF}(5).
- (graph theory) The number of edges that a vertex takes part in; a valency.
- (logic) The number of logical connectives in a formula.
- (surveying) The curvature of a circular arc, expressed as the angle subtended by a fixed length of arc or chord.
- (geography) A unit of measurement of latitude and longitude which together identify a location on the Earth's surface.
- (grammar) Any of the three stages (positive, comparative, superlative) in the comparison of an adjective or an adverb.
- (unit of angle) °
- (unit of temperature) °
- (unit of latitude) °
- (unit of longitude) °
- French: degré
- German: Grad, Winkelgrad, Altgrad, Neugrad
- Italian: grado
- Portuguese: grau
- Russian: гра́дус
- Spanish: grado
- French: degré
- German: Ausmaß, Grad, Umfang
- Italian: grado
- Portuguese: grau
- Russian: сте́пень
- Spanish: grado
- French: diplôme
- German: Diplom, akademischer Diplom
- Italian: laurea
- Portuguese: diploma, graduação
- Russian: учёная сте́пень
- Spanish: título, diploma
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