degree

[dɪˈɡriː]

a stage in a scale of relative amount or intensity

a high degree of competence

an academic award conferred by a university or college on successful completion of a course or as an honorary distinction (honorary degree)

any of three categories of seriousness of a burnSee burn

(in the US) any of the categories into which a crime is divided according to its seriousness

first-degree murder

a step in a line of descent, used as a measure of the closeness of a blood relationship

any of the forms of an adjective used to indicate relative amount or intensity: in English they are positive, comparative, and superlative

any note of a diatonic scale relative to the other notes in that scale

D is the second degree of the scale of C major

a unit of temperature on a specified scaleSymbol: °See Celsius scale See Fahrenheit scale

the normal body temperature of man is 36.8 degrees Celsius

a measure of angle equal to one three-hundred-and-sixtieth of the angle traced by one complete revolution of a line about one of its endsSymbol: °See minute See second See radian

a unit of latitude or longitude, divided into 60 minutes, used to define points on the earth's surface or on the celestial sphere.a point or line defined by units of latitude and/or longitude.Symbol: °

a unit on any of several scales of measurement, as for alcohol content or specific gravitySymbol: °

the highest power or the sum of the powers of any term in a polynomial or by itself.the greatest power of the highest order derivative in a differential equation

a step; rung

a stage in social status or rank