degree

Meaning of degree

noun
  1. 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.)
    She has two bachelor's degrees and is studying towards a master's degree.
  2. A unit of measurement of angle equal to 1/360 of a circle's circumference.
    A right angle is a ninety-degree angle.
  3. A unit of measurement of temperature on any of several scales, such as Celsius or Fahrenheit.
    180 degrees Fahrenheit is equivalent to 100 degrees Celsius.
  4. The sum of the exponents of a term; the order of a polynomial.
    A quadratic polynomial is a polynomial of degree 2.
  5. The dimensionality of a field extension.
    The Galois field \operatorname{GF}(125) = \operatorname{GF}(5^3) has degree 3 over its subfield \operatorname{GF}(5).
  6. The number of edges that a vertex takes part in; a valency.
  7. The number of logical connectives in a formula.
  8. The curvature of a circular arc, expressed as the angle subtended by a fixed length of arc or chord.
  9. A unit of measurement of latitude and longitude which together identify a location on the Earth's surface.
  10. (grammar) Any of the three stages (positive, comparative, superlative) in the comparison of an adjective or an adverb.
  11. (obsolete outside heraldry) A step on a set of stairs; the rung of a ladder.
  12. An individual step, or stage, in any process or scale of values.
  13. A stage of rank or privilege; social standing.
  14. (genealogy) A ‘step’ in genealogical descent.
  15. One's relative state or experience; way, manner.
  16. The amount that an entity possesses a certain property; relative intensity, extent.
    To what degree do the two accounts of the accident concur?

Information about degree

  • It is a name.
  • The plural form of degree is: degrees.
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Hyphenation of degree

de-gree

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
  • degree is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

degree synonyms

Meaning grade:

grade, level

Meaning level:

level, stage, point

Meaning arcdegree:

arcdegree

Translation of degree

Words that rhyme with degree

gree, Magree, agree, disagree, filagree, fillagree, interagree, preagree, predisagree, reagree, villagree, Legree, arcdegree, greegree, millidegree, nondegree, predegree, puggree, emigree, filigree, nonpedigree, pedigree, Pingree, congree, pugree

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