degree.
A completed curriculum of study in tertiary education.
Meaning & usage
A completed curriculum of study in tertiary education.
She has two bachelor's degrees and is studying towards a master's degree.
A unit of measurement of angle equal to ¹⁄₃₆₀ of a circle's circumference.
A right angle is a ninety-degree angle.
Most humans have a field of vision of almost 180 degrees.
A unit of measurement of temperature on any of several scales, such as Celsius or Fahrenheit.
212 degrees Fahrenheit is equal to 100 degrees Celsius.
Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius.
The sum of the exponents of a term; the order of a polynomial.
A quadratic polynomial is a polynomial of degree 2.
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 #92;operatorname#123;GF#125;(125)#61;#92;operatorname#123;GF#125;(5³) has degree 3 over its subfield #92;operatorname#123;GF#125;(5).
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 stages (like positive, comparative, superlative, elative) 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.
To what degree do the two accounts of the accident concur?
Where this word comes from
From Middle English degre, borrowed from Old French degré (French: degré), itself from Latin gradus, with the prefix de-.
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