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degree¹
- /dɪˈɡɹiː/
Rhymes with -iː
Where it comes from
From Middle English degre, borrowed from Old French degré (French: degré), itself from Latin gradus, with the prefix de-.
noun degrees
- 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.
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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.
Similar: °
- 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 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.
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A unit of measurement of latitude and longitude which together identify a location on the Earth's surface.
Similar: °
- 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. The chazzan-artist of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries in Eastern Europe where the chazzan reached the highest degree as an artist, casting from himself all those tasks historically associated with his office which drew him down to the station of beadle and servitor of the community.
- A stage of rank or privilege; social standing. And they axed hym ſayinge: Maſter / we knowe that thou ſayest / and teacheſt ryght / nether conſidereſt thou eny mãnes degre / but teacheſt the waye of god truely.
- A ‘step’ in genealogical descent. Louis created the École militaire in Paris in 1751, in which 500 scholarships were designated for noblemen able to prove four degrees of noble status.
- One's relative state or experience; way, manner. If they but knew it, almost all men in their degree, some time or other, cherish very nearly the same feelings towards the ocean with me.
- The amount that an entity possesses a certain property; relative intensity, extent. To what degree do the two accounts of the accident concur?
Degree²
proper noun
- A surname.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: stage, point, grade, level, arcdegree, academic degree, diploma, postgraduate, graduate, graduation, university, doctorate, graduated, grades, masters, undergraduate
Translations
Every language
noun academic award
| Español | título, diploma |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 학위 hagwi |
| 日本語 | 学位 gakui, 号 gō |
| 中文 | 學位 /学位 xuéwèi |
| हिन्दी | उपाधि upādhi |
| Kiswahili | digrii |
| Português | diploma, graduação |
| Français | diplôme |
| Deutsch | Diplom, akademisches Diplom |
| Italiano | laurea |
| Ελληνικά | πτυχίο ptychío, δίπλωμα díploma |
| Română | grad academic, diplomă academică |
| Русский | учёная сте́пень učónaja stépenʹ, дипло́м diplóm, сте́пень stépenʹ |
| Tiếng Việt | học vị |
| العربية | شِهَادَة šihāda |
| עברית | תואר toar |
noun unit of measurement of temperature
| Español | grado |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 도 do |
| 日本語 | 度 do |
| 中文 | 度 dù |
| हिन्दी | डिग्री ḍigrī, अंश añś |
| Kiswahili | digrii |
| Português | grau |
| Français | degré |
| Deutsch | Grad |
| Italiano | grado |
| Ελληνικά | βαθμός vathmós |
| Română | grad, grade |
| Русский | гра́дус grádus |
| Tiếng Việt | độ |
| العربية | دَرَجَة daraja |
| עברית | מַעֲלָה ma'alá |
noun geometry: unit of measurement of angle
| Español | grado |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 도 do |
| 日本語 | 度 do |
| 中文 | 度 dù |
| हिन्दी | अंश añś |
| Kiswahili | digrii |
| Português | grau |
| Français | degré |
| Deutsch | Grad, Winkelgrad, Altgrad, Neugrad |
| Italiano | grado |
| Ελληνικά | μοίρα moíra |
| Română | grad, grade |
| Русский | гра́дус grádus |
| Tiếng Việt | độ |
| العربية | دَرَجَة daraja |
| עברית | מַעֲלָה ma'alá |
noun algebra: the maximal exponent of a polynomial
| Español | grado |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 차 cha, 차수 chasu |
| 日本語 | 次 ji, 次数 jisū |
| 中文 | 次 cì, 次數 /次数 cìshù |
| हिन्दी | घात ghāt |
| Português | grau |
| Français | degré, ordre |
| Italiano | grado |
| Română | grad |
| Tiếng Việt | bậc |
noun graph theory: the number of edges that a vertex takes part in
| 한국어 | 차 cha, 차수 chasu |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 次 ji, 次数 jisū |
| 中文 | 次數 /次数 cìshù |
| Kiswahili | digrii |
| Português | grau |
| Français | degré |
| Deutsch | Grad, Knotengrad, Valenz |
| Italiano | grado |
| Русский | сте́пень stépenʹ |
noun stage or rank of privilege
| Ελληνικά | βαθμός vathmós |
|---|
noun amount, proportion, extent
| Español | grado |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 정도 jeongdo, 등급 deunggeup |
| 日本語 | 程度 teido, 段階 dankai, 度合い doai, 範囲 han'i |
| 中文 | 程度 chéngdù, chéngdu |
| Português | grau |
| Français | degré |
| Deutsch | Ausmaß, Grad, Umfang |
| Italiano | grado |
| Ελληνικά | βαθμός vathmós |
| Română | proporție, grad, proporții |
| Русский | сте́пень stépenʹ, у́ровень úrovenʹ |
| Tiếng Việt | độ, mức, mức độ, trình độ |
| עברית | מידה mida |
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