degree
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: dĭgrē'
ipa: /dɪˈɡɹiː/
rhymes: -iː
Forms: form: degrees
Etymology: From Middle English degre, borrowed from Old French degré (French: degré), itself from Latin gradus, with the prefix de-.
Senses: examples: text: She has two bachelor's degrees and is studying towards a master's degree.
topics: education
glosses: A stage of proficiency or qualification in a course of study, now especially an award bestowed by a university/college, as a certification of academic achievement. (In the United States, can include secondary schools.)
examples: text: A right angle is a ninety-degree angle.
text: Most humans have a field of vision of almost 180 degrees.
topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A unit of measurement of angle equal to ¹⁄₃₆₀ of a circle's circumference.
examples: text: 212 degrees Fahrenheit is equal to 100 degrees Celsius.
text: Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius.
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
related: word: mul:°
glosses: A unit of measurement of temperature on any of several scales, such as Celsius or Fahrenheit.
examples: text: A quadratic polynomial is a polynomial of degree 2.
topics: algebra
mathematics
sciences
glosses: The sum of the exponents of a term; the order of a polynomial.
examples: text: The set of complex numbers constitutes a field extension of degree 2 over the real numbers.
text: The Galois field #92;operatorname#123;GF#125;(125)#61;#92;operatorname#123;GF#125;(5³) has degree 3 over its subfield #92;operatorname#123;GF#125;(5).
topics: algebra
mathematics
sciences
qualifier: field theory
glosses: The dimensionality of a field extension.
topics: graph-theory
mathematics
sciences
glosses: The number of edges that a vertex takes part in; a valency.
topics: human-sciences
logic
mathematics
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The number of logical connectives in a formula.
topics: geography
natural-sciences
surveying
glosses: The curvature of a circular arc, expressed as the angle subtended by a fixed length of arc or chord.
topics: geography
natural-sciences
glosses: A unit of measurement of latitude and longitude which together identify a location on the Earth's surface.
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Any of the stages (like positive, comparative, superlative, elative) in the comparison of an adjective or an adverb.
qualifier: obsolete outside heraldry
glosses: A step on a set of stairs; the rung of a ladder.
glosses: An individual step, or stage, in any process or scale of values.
examples: text: 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.
ref: 1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, The Gospell off S. Luke xx:[21], folio cx, recto:
text: But when Adam delued, and Eue ſpan,
VVho was then a Gentleman.
Brethren, brethren, it were better to haue this communitie,
Then to haue this difference in degrees:
The landlord his rent, the lawyer his fees.
So quickly the poore mans ſubſtance is ſpent […]
ref: 1593, anonymous author, The Life and Death of Iacke Straw […], Act I:
glosses: A stage of rank or privilege; social standing.
examples: text: 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.
ref: 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 140:
qualifier: genealogy
glosses: A ‘step’ in genealogical descent.
examples: text: 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.
ref: 1851, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick:
glosses: One's relative state or experience; way, manner.
examples: text: To what degree do the two accounts of the accident concur?
text: In the old days, to my commonplace and unobserving mind, he gave no evidences of genius whatsoever. He never read me any of his manuscripts, […], and therefore my lack of detection of his promise may in some degree be pardoned.
ref: 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter I, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
text: Then there are the sums that Abramovich would be permitted to invest within the parameters of the profit and sustainability rules – £105m over a rolling three-year period. That, plainly, has stopped and so, to repeat, it is imperative that the transfer of ownership happens with a degree of speed.
ref: March 11 2022, David Hytner, “Chelsea are in crisis but there is no will to leave club on their knees”, in The Guardian:
glosses: The amount that an entity possesses a certain property; relative intensity, extent.
Synonyms: sense: unit of angle
word: °
sense: unit of angle
word: arcdegree
sense: unit of temperature
word: °
sense: unit of latitude
word: °
sense: unit of longitude
word: °
word: compass
word: degree
word: grade
word: level
word: magnitude
word: scale
Hyponyms: word: amplitude
word: breadth
word: caliber
word: depth
word: height
word: intensity
word: pitch
word: range
word: reach
word: shade
word: strength
Coordinate terms: scale
Derived terms: 180-degree rule
360-degree
360 degree feedback
academic degree
advanced degree
arts degree
associate degree
associate's degree
bachelor degree
bachelor's degree
bidegree
codegree
combined degree
comparative degree
crank angle degree
degree absolute
degree Celsius
degree centigrade
degreed
degree day
degree-day
degree days
degree Fahrenheit
degree Kelvin
degreeless
degree mill
degree of comparison
degree of freedom
degree of frost
degree of glory
degree of ionization
degree of polymerization
degree place
degree Rankine
degree sequence
double degree
drinking man's degree
dual degree
equative degree
first-degree
first-degree burn
first-degree murder
first-degree relative
forbidden degree
foundation degree
fourth-degree
gram degree
gramme degree
honorary degree
honorary master's degree
honors degree
honours degree
hyperdegree
in-degree
indegree
Lambeth degree
Levitical degree
master's degree
Mickey Mouse degree
microdegree
millidegree
Mrs. degree
multidegree
murder in the first degree
murder in the second degree
nondegree
outdegree
out-degree
pass degree
positive degree
predegree
sandwich degree
scale degree
second-degree
second-degree burn
second-degree murder
second-degree relative
square degree
subdegree
superlative degree
thick sandwich degree
thin sandwich degree
third-degree
third degree
third-degree burn
third-degree murder
third-degree relative
to a degree
to the nth degree
transcendence degree
Turing degree
Related terms: word: successor
sense: addition, summation
english: addend; total
translation: addend; total
alt: augend
word: + =
sense: addition, summation
english: sum
translation: sum
alt: summand
word: + +... =
sense: subtraction
roman: subtrahend
english: difference
translation: difference
word: − =
sense: multiplication, factorization; multiplier
roman: multiplicand
english: product
translation: product
word: × =
sense: multiplication, factorization; factor
english: factor; factor; product
translation: factor; factor; product
word: × ×... =
sense: division; dividend
roman: quotient
word: ÷ =
sense: numerator) / (denominator) = (quotient
english: with remaining
translation: with remaining
alt: quotient
word: Or sometimes
sense: exponentiation; base
english: power
translation: power
alt: exponent
word: =
sense: root extraction; degree
roman: radicand
word: √ =
sense: logarithmization
english: logarithm
translation: logarithm
alt: antilogarithm
word: log(base) =
word: astronomical
word: extreme
word: high
word: moderate
word: average
word: intermediate
word: underaverage
word: subaverage
word: low
word: small
word: very low
word: near zero
word: infinitesimal
word: zero
word: negative
word: extremely
word: very
word: moderately
word: considerably
word: nontrivially
word: a little
word: mildly
word: slightly
word: very slightly
word: not
word: not at all
word: size
word: value
word: extent
word: scope
word: quantity
word: Appendix:Roget MICRA thesaurus/Class I § 26. Degree
word: Appendix:Roget MICRA thesaurus/Class I § 31. Greatness
word: Appendix:Roget MICRA thesaurus/Class I § 32. Smallness