degree

Meaning

Noun

• 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.)
• A unit of measurement of angle equal to of a circle's circumference.
• A unit of measurement of temperature on any of several scales, such as Celsius or Fahrenheit.
• The sum of the exponents of a term; the order of a polynomial.
• The dimensionality of a field extension.
• The number of edges that a vertex takes part in; a valency.
• The number of logical connectives in a formula.
• The curvature of a circular arc, expressed as the angle subtended by a fixed length of arc or chord.
• A unit of measurement of latitude and longitude which together identify a location on the Earth's surface.
• Any of the three stages (positive, comparative, superlative) in the comparison of an adjective or an adverb.
• A step on a set of stairs; the rung of a ladder.
• An individual step, or stage, in any process or scale of values.
• A stage of rank or privilege; social standing.
• A ‘step’ in genealogical descent.
• One's relative state or experience; way, manner.
• The amount that an entity possesses a certain property; relative intensity, extent.

Related

Similar words

• °, arcdegree
• °

Origin

• From Middle English degre, borrowed from Old French degré (French: degré), itself from Latin gradus, with the prefix de-.