# Degree

Degree may refer to:

## As a unit of measurement

* Degree (angle), a unit of angle measurement
** Degree of geographical latitude
** Degree of geographical longitude
* Degree symbol (°), a notation used in science, engineering, and mathematics
* Degree (temperature), any of various units of temperature measurement
* Degree API, a measure of density in the petroleum industry
* Degree Baumé, a pair of density scales
* Degree Brix, a measure of sugar concentration
* Degree Gay-Lussac, a measure of the alcohol content of a liquid by volume, ranging from 0° to 100°
* Degree proof, or simply proof, the alcohol content of a liquid, ranging from 0° to 175° in the UK, and from 0° to 200° in the U.S.
* Degree of curvature, a unit of curvature measurement, used in civil engineering
* Degrees of freedom (mechanics), the number of displacements or rotations needed to define the position and orientation of a body
* Degrees of freedom (physics and chemistry), a concept describing dependence on a countable set of parameters
* Degree of frost, a unit of temperature measurement
* Degrees Lintner, a measure of enzymatic activity
* Degrees Lovibond, a measure of transparency
* Degree of unsaturation, in organic chemistry, also known as the index of hydrogen deficiency or rings plus double bonds
* dGH, degrees of general hardness of water
* Degree of carbonate hardness of water (degree KH)

## In mathematics

* Degree of a polynomial, the exponent of its term with the highest exponent
* Degree of a field extension
* Degree of an algebraic number field, its degree as a field extension of the rational numbers
* Degree of an algebraic variety
* Degree (graph theory), or valency, the number of edges incident to a vertex of a graph
* Degree of a continuous mapping, a generalization of winding number
* Degrees of freedom, the number of parameters of a system that may vary independently
* Degree of a character in representation theory
* Degree of unsolvability in recursion theory
* Degree of a central simple algebra
* Degree of a permutation group, the number of elements that are permuted
* Degree of a differential equation, the power of the highest derivative therein
* Degree of a nth root

## In education

Academic degree, an academic rank, title or award
* Substantive degree ranks from lowest to highest
** Academic certificate
** Foundation degree
** Associate's degree
** Bachelor's degree
** Master's degree
** Doctorate degree
** Professional degree
* Particular degrees (focus or method)
** Engineer's degree
** Specialist degree
** Lambeth degree
** External degree
** Microdegree
* Honorary degrees
** Ad eundem degree
** Honorary degree
* Other
** Vocational degree

## Other measures

* Degree (music), identification of a note in a scale by its relation to the tonic
* Degree of inventiveness in inventions and patents
* Degree of separation in connectivity between groups (first degree is closest)
* Degree of relationship, in kinship between individuals (first degree is closest)
** Consanguinity, or level of kinship
* Comparison (grammar) - degrees of comparison include positive, comparative, and superlative (e.g. "good", "better", and "best", respectively)
* The severity of a crime, e.g., first degree murder (first degree is worst)
* The intensity of a burn (the higher the worse)
* A level of initiation, often used in fraternal organizations
* A ranking of black belt, in certain martial arts

## People

* Asha Jaquilla Degree (born 1990), an American child who went missing in 2000

## Brands

* Da Degrees, Canadian record label and hip hop collective
* Degree (deodorant), a brand of antiperspirant

## Other uses

* Degree (freemasonry)
* Degree of Knights Templar (Freemasonry), a special case of a degree in freemasonry