Meaning of degree | Babel Free

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1. 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.)
2. A surname.
3. Little by little; gradually.
4. A unit of measurement of angle equal to ¹⁄₃₆₀ of a circle's circumference.
5. grade
6. To a small extent; in a limited way: doesn't like spicy food, but can eat a little pepper to a degree.
7. A unit of measurement of temperature on any of several scales, such as Celsius or Fahrenheit.
8. level
9. (°)
10. The sum of the exponents of a term; the order of a polynomial.
11. step
12. gradually. We reached the desired standard of efficiency by degrees. trapsgewys, langsamerhand, geleidelik تَدْريجِيًّا постепено gradualmente postupně allmählich gradvist βαθμιαία, σταδιακάpoco a poco, gradualmente, paulatinamente aste-astmelt کم کم asteittain petit à petitבהדרגה क्रमानुसार postupno fokozatosan berangsur-angsur smám saman per gradi 次第に 단계적으로 palaipsniui pakāpeniski beransur-ansur stukje bij beetje gradvisstopniowo تیټتیټ gradualmente treptat постепенно postupne postopoma pos...
13. The dimensionality of a field extension.
14. graduation
15. to a small extent. I agree with you to a degree, but I have doubts about your conclusions. in sekere mate إلى حَدٍّ كَبير до някъде até certo ponto do jisté míry bis zu einem (bestimmten) Grad til en vis grad; i nogen grad hasta cierto punto teataval määral تا اندازه ای vähän jusqu'à un certain point בְּמִידָה מְסוּיֶמֶת एक हद तक do određenog stupnja bizonyos mértékben sedikit að vissu marki fino a un certo punto* ある程度までは 약간 iš dalies zināmā mērā sedikit tot op zekere hoogtei noen grad w pewn...
16. The number of edges that a vertex takes part in; a valency.
17. One of a series of steps in a process, course, or progression; a stage: proceeded to the next degree of difficulty.
18. The number of logical connectives in a formula.
19. A step in a direct hereditary line of descent or ascent: First cousins are two degrees from their common ancestor.
20. The curvature of a circular arc, expressed as the angle subtended by a fixed length of arc or chord.
21. Relative social or official rank, dignity, or position.
22. A unit of measurement of latitude and longitude which together identify a location on the Earth's surface.
23. Relative intensity or amount, as of a quality or attribute: a high degree of accuracy.
24. Any of the stages (like positive, comparative, superlative, elative) in the comparison of an adjective or an adverb.
25. The extent or measure of a state of being, an action, or a relation: modernized their facilities to a large degree.
26. A step on a set of stairs; the rung of a ladder.
27. An individual step, or stage, in any process or scale of values.
28. A stage of rank or privilege; social standing.
29. A ‘step’ in genealogical descent.
30. One's relative state or experience; way, manner.
    archaic
31. The amount that an entity possesses a certain property; relative intensity, extent.

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Examples

“She has two bachelor's degrees and is studying towards a master's degree.”

“A right angle is a ninety-degree angle.”

“Most humans have a field of vision of almost 180 degrees.”

“212 degrees Fahrenheit is equal to 100 degrees Celsius.”

“Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius.”

“A quadratic polynomial is a polynomial of degree 2.”

“The set of complex numbers constitutes a field extension of degree 2 over the real numbers.”

“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).”

“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.”

“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.”

“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 […]”

“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.”

“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.”

“To what degree do the two accounts of the accident concur?”

“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.”

“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.”

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