Complete Definition of "degree"

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English

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Pronunciation
AHD: dĭgr�'
IPA: unicode|/dɪ'gri/
SAMPA: /<tt>dI"gri</tt>/
audio|en-us-degree.ogg|Audio (US)

Etymology
From OF. degre (French: degré)

Noun
en-noun

  1. geometry A unit of measurement of angle equal to 1/360 of a circle's circumference.
  2. physics A unit of measurement of temperature on any of several scales, such as Celsius or Fahrenheit.
  3. Any of various units used to express specific gravity, bitterness, darkness, etc. in manufacturing various commodities.
  4. The amount that an entity possesses a certain property; proportion or extent.

#:To what degree do the two accounts of the accident concur?

  1. An award (generally superior to a diploma but inferior to a doctorate) bestowed by a university or, in some countries, a college, as an indication of academic achievement or occasionally bestowed to honor its recipient.<!-- Could be used (if not correctly) to describe any undergraduate or postgraduate training.-->
  2. graph theory The number of edge|edges that a vertex takes part in.
  3. mathematics The sum of the exponents of a term; or, in the context of a polynomial, the highest degree of all its terms.

Derived terms
degree Celsius
degree centigrade
degree Fahrenheit

Translations

trans-top|in geometry: unit of angle
Bosnian: t-|bs|stepen|f
Catalan: grau m
Croatian: t-|hr|stupanj|m
Dutch: t+|nl|graad|m
Finnish: t+|fi|aste
French: t+|fr|degré|m
German: Grad n, Winkelgrad n, Altgrad n, Neugrad n
Greek: μοί�α f
Hebrew: �ע�� (ma'ala) f
Italian: t-|it|grado|m
trans-mid
Japanese: 度 (do)
Lithuanian: laipsnis m
Polish: stopie� m
Portuguese: t+|pt|grau|m
Serbian:

Slovak: stupe� m
Slovene: stopinja f
Spanish: t-|es|grado|m
Swedish: t+|sv|grad|c
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trans-top|unit of temperature
Bosnian: t-|bs|stepen|f
Catalan: grau m
Croatian: t-|hr|stupanj|m
Dutch: t+|nl|graad|m
Finnish: t+|fi|aste
French: t+|fr|degré|m
German: t+|de|Grad|m
Greek: βαθμ�� m
Hebrew: �ע�� (ma'ala) f
Italian: t-|it|grado|m
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Japanese: 度 (do)
Kurdish: KUchar|پ���
Lithuanian: laipsnis m
Polish: stopie� m
Portuguese: t+|pt|grau|m
Serbian:

Slovak: stupe� m
Slovene: stopinja f
Spanish: t-|es|grado|m
Swedish: t+|sv|grad|c
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trans-top|amount, proportion, extent
Bosnian: t-|bs|stepen|f
Catalan: grau m
Croatian: t-|hr|stupanj|m
Dutch: t+|nl|graad|m, t-|nl|mate|c
German: t-|de|Ausma�|n, t+|de|Grad|m, t+|de|Umfang|m
Greek: βαθμ�� m
Finnish: t+|fi|aste
French: t+|fr|degré|m
Hebrew: ���� (mida) f
trans-mid
Japanese: 度� (doai)
Polish: stopie� m
Portuguese: t+|pt|grau|m
Serbian:

Slovak: stupe� m, miera f
Swedish: t+|sv|grad|c
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trans-top|academic award
Bosnian: t-|bs|diploma|f
Catalan: títol, diploma
Croatian: t-|hr|diploma|f
Esperanto: t-|eo|titolo|xs=Esperanto
Finnish: t-|fi|oppiarvo, t-|fi|tutkinto
French: t+|fr|diplôme|m
German: Diplom m, akademischer Diplom m
Hebrew: ת��ר (toar) m
Italian: t+|it|laurea|f
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Japanese: 学� (gakui)
Polish: stopie� naukowy m
Portuguese: t+|pt|diploma|m
Serbian:

Slovak: t-|sk|titul|m
Spanish: t-|es|título|m, t-|es|diploma|m
Swedish: t-|sv|examen|c
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trans-top|in graph theory: the number of edges that a vertex takes part in
Croatian: t-|hr|stupanj|m
Finnish: t+|fi|aste
French: t+|fr|degré|m
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Japanese: 次� (jisū)
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ttbc|Breton: derez m -ioù (1,2)
ttbc|Bulgarian: �г�л m (1), г�ад�� m (2), ��епен f (3), на��на ��епен f (4)
ttbc|Hungarian: fok (1, 2, 3), fokozat (4)
ttbc|Interlingua: grado#Interlingua|grado (1, 2, 3, 4)
ttbc|Romanian: grad#Romanian|grad m (1, 2, 3), grad#Romanian|grad academic#Romanian|academic m (4)
ttbc|Turkish: derece (1, 2, 3, 4)
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