DEGREE

(noun) a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality
"a moderate grade of intelligence", "a high level of care is required", "it is all a matter of degree"
synonyms : grade , level
(noun) the seriousness of something (e.g., a burn or crime)
"murder in the second degree", "a second degree burn"
(noun) the highest power of a term or variable
(noun) an award conferred by a college or university signifying that the recipient has satisfactorily completed a course of study
"he earned his degree at Princeton summa cum laude"
synonyms : academic degree
(noun) a measure for arcs and angles
"there are 360 degrees in a circle"
synonyms : arcdegree
(noun) a unit of temperature on a specified scale
"the game was played in spite of the 40-degree temperature"
(noun) a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process
"a remarkable degree of frankness", "at what stage are the social sciences?"
synonyms : level , point , stage

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