degree

Words with a similar base: academic_degree, arcdegree, degree

'degree'

[degree.n.01] as in: a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality

Examples:
a moderate grade of intelligence
a high level of care is required
it is all a matter of degree

'degree'

[degree.n.02] as in: a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process

Examples:
a remarkable degree of frankness
at what stage are the social sciences?

'degree'

[academic_degree.n.01] as in: an award conferred by a college or university signifying that the recipient has satisfactorily completed a course of study

Examples:
he earned his degree at Princeton summa cum laude

'degree'

[degree.n.04] as in: a measure for arcs and angles

Examples:
there are 360 degrees in a circle

'degree'

[degree.n.05] as in: the highest power of a term or variable

'degree'

[degree.n.06] as in: a unit of temperature on a specified scale

Examples:
the game was played in spite of the 40-degree temperature

'degree'

[degree.n.07] as in: the seriousness of something (e.g.,

a burn or crime)

Examples:
murder in the second degree
a second degree burn

Origins

					degree (English)
└── degré (Old French (842-ca. 1400))

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