Degree

noun

dɪ'gri

Noun

a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process
“a remarkable degree of frankness”
Similar:Level Point Stage
Type of:State
a measure for arcs and angles
“there are 360 degrees in a circle”
Similar:Arcdegree
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”
Type of:LaurelsHonorHonour
a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality
“it is all a matter of degree”
Similar:Grade Level
Type of:Property
the seriousness of something (e.g., a burn or crime)
“murder in the second degree”
“a second degree burn”
Type of:Magnitude
a unit of temperature on a specified scale
“the game was played in spite of the 40-degree temperature”
the highest power of a term or variable
Type of:ExponentIndexPower