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The definition of degree

17 Definitions of: degree

1. noun, a stage in a scale of relative amount or intensity
2. noun, an academic award conferred by a university or college on successful completion of a course or as an honorary distinction (honorary degree)
3. noun, any of three categories of seriousness of a burn. See burn
4. noun, (in the US) any of the categories into which a crime is divided according to its seriousness
5. noun, genealogy a step in a line of descent, used as a measure of the closeness of a blood relationship
6. noun, grammar any of the forms of an adjective used to indicate relative amount or intensity: in English they are positive, comparative, and superlative
7. noun, music any note of a diatonic scale relative to the other notes in that scale
8. noun, a unit of temperature on a specified scale. Symbol: °. See also Celsius scale, Fahrenheit scale
9. noun, a measure of angle equal to one three-hundred-and-sixtieth of the angle traced by one complete revolution of a line about one of its ends. Symbol: °. See also minute, second. Compare radian
10. noun, a) a unit of latitude or longitude, divided into 60 minutes, used to define points on the earth's surface or on the celestial sphere b) a point or line defined by units of latitude and/or longitude. Symbol: °
11. noun, a unit on any of several scales of measurement, as for alcohol content or specific gravity. Symbol: °
12. noun, maths a) the highest power or the sum of the powers of any term in a polynomial or by itself b) the greatest power of the highest order derivative in a differential equation
13. noun, a step; rung
14. noun, a stage in social status or rank
15. noun, by degrees little by little; gradually
16. noun, to a degree somewhat; rather
17. noun, degrees of frost. See frost
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Synonyms:	amount, measure, rate, stage, extent, grade, proportion, gradation, Archaic rank, order	And more...

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