Degree

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Pronunciation

• enPR: dĭgrē'
• IPA: /dɪ'gri/
• SAMPA: /dI"gri/

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Etymology

From Old French degre (French: degré)

Noun

Singular Degree

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1. (obsolete except Template:Context 5) A step on a set of stairs; the rung of a ladder. Template:Defdate
2. An individual step, or stage, in any process or scale of values. Template:Defdate
3. A stage of rank or privilege; social standing. Template:Defdate

   Enviously, I watched him dancing with ladies of high degree.

4. Template:Genealogy A ‘step’ in genealogical descent. Template:Defdate
5. (now rare) One's relative state or experience; way, manner. Template:Defdate
   • 1851, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick:

     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.

6. The amount that an entity possesses a certain property; relative intensity, extent. Template:Defdate

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

7. A stage of proficiency or qualification in a course of study, now especially an award bestowed by a university or, in some countries, a college, as an indication of academic achievement. Template:Defdate
8. Template:Geometry A unit of measurement of angle equal to 1/360 of a circle's circumference. Template:Defdate
9. Template:Physics A unit of measurement of temperature on any of several scales, such as Celsius or Fahrenheit. Template:Defdate
10. (mathematics) The sum of the exponents of a term; the order of a polynomial. Template:Defdate
11. Template:Graph theory The number of edges that a vertex takes part in; a valency.
12. Template:Surveying The curvature of a circular arc, expressed as the angle subtended by a fixed length of arc or chord.

Derived terms

• degree Celsius
• degree centigrade
• degree days
• degree Fahrenheit
• academic degree

Related terms

• scale

Translations

in geometry: unit of angle

Afrikaans: graad af(af) Armenian: աստիճան hy(hy) (astič̣an) Bosnian: stepen bs(bs) f. Bulgarian: градус bg(bg) m. Catalan: grau m. Croatian: stupanj hr(hr) m. Czech: stupeň cs(cs) m. Dutch: graad nl(nl) m. Esperanto: grado eo(eo) Finnish: aste fi(fi) French: degré fr(fr) m. German: Grad m., Winkelgrad n., Altgrad n., Neugrad n. Greek: μοίρα el(el) f. Hebrew: מעלה (ma'ala) f. Hungarian: fok hu(hu)

Italian: grado it(it) m. Japanese: 度 (do) Lithuanian: laipsnis lt(lt) m. Polish: stopień pl(pl) m. Portuguese: grau pt(pt) m. Russian: градус ru(ru) (grádus) m. Serbian: Cyrillic: степен m. Roman: stepen m. Slovak: stupeň sk(sk) m. Slovene: stopinja f. Sotho: digri st(st) Spanish: grado es(es) m. Swedish: grad sv(sv) c. Turkish: derece tr(tr)

unit of temperature

Afrikaans: graad af(af) Arabic: درجة (darāja) f. Armenian: աստիճան hy(hy) (astič̣an) Bosnian: stepen bs(bs) f. Bulgarian: градус bg(bg) f. Catalan: grau m. Chinese: 度 (dù) Croatian: stupanj hr(hr) m. Czech: stupeň cs(cs) m. Dutch: graad nl(nl) m. Esperanto: grado eo(eo) Finnish: aste fi(fi) French: degré fr(fr) m. German: Grad de(de) m. Greek: βαθμός el(el) m., βαθμοί el(el) m. pl. Hebrew: מעלה (ma'ala) f.

Hungarian: fok hu(hu) Italian: grado it(it) m. Japanese: 度 (do) Kurdish: پله‌ Lithuanian: laipsnis lt(lt) m. Polish: stopień pl(pl) m. Portuguese: grau pt(pt) m. Russian: градус ru(ru) (grádus) m. Serbian: Cyrillic: степен m. Roman: stepen m. Slovak: stupeň sk(sk) m. Slovene: stopinja f. Spanish: grado es(es) m. Swedish: grad sv(sv) c. Turkish: derece tr(tr)

amount, proportion, extent

Armenian: աստիճան hy(hy) (astič̣an) Bosnian: stepen bs(bs) f. Bulgarian: степен bg(bg) f. Catalan: grau m. Croatian: stupanj hr(hr) m. Czech: stupeň cs(cs) m. Dutch: graad nl(nl) m., mate nl(nl) c. Finnish: aste fi(fi) French: degré fr(fr) m. German: Ausmaß de(de) n., Grad de(de) m., Umfang de(de) m. Greek: βαθμός el(el) m.

Hebrew: מידה (mida) f. Japanese: 度合 (doai) Polish: stopień pl(pl) m. Portuguese: grau pt(pt) m. Russian: степень ru(ru) (st'ép'en') f. Serbian: Cyrillic: степен m. Roman: stepen m. Slovak: stupeň m., miera f. Swedish: grad sv(sv) c. Turkish: derece tr(tr)

academic award

Afrikaans: graad af(af) Arabic: شهادة ar(ar) (šihāda) f. Armenian: կոչում hy(hy) (kočum) Bosnian: diploma bs(bs) f. Bulgarian: научна степен bg(bg) Catalan: títol, diploma Chinese: Mandarin: 學位 cmn(cmn), 学位 cmn(cmn) (xuéwèi) Croatian: diploma hr(hr) f. Esperanto: diplomo eo(eo) Finnish: oppiarvo fi(fi), tutkinto fi(fi) French: diplôme fr(fr) m. German: Diplom m., akademischer Diplom m. Greek: πτυχίο el(el) n., δίπλωμα el(el) n., πτυχίο el(el) (ptychío) n., δίπλωμα el(el) (díplōma) n.

Hebrew: תואר he(he) (toar) m. Italian: laurea it(it) f. Japanese: 学位 ja(ja) (がくい, gakui) Polish: stopień naukowy m. Portuguese: diploma pt(pt) m. Russian: учёная степень ru(ru) (učónaja stépen’) f., диплом ru(ru) (diplóm) m., степень ru(ru) (stépen’) f. Serbian: Cyrillic: диплома f. Roman: diploma f. Slovak: titul sk(sk) m. Sotho: digri st(st) Spanish: título es(es) m., diploma es(es) m. Swedish: examen sv(sv) c.

in graph theory: the number of edges that a vertex takes part in

Croatian: stupanj hr(hr) m. Finnish: aste fi(fi) French: degré fr(fr) m.

Japanese: 次数 (jisū) Russian: степень ru(ru) (st'ép'en') f. Swahili: digrii sw(sw)

(mathematics) the sum of the exponents of a term

Bulgarian: степен bg(bg)

Finnish: aste fi(fi)

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Breton: derez m. -ioù (1,2) Interlingua: grado (1, 2, 3, 4) Romanian: grad m. (1, 2, 3), grad academic m. (4) Turkish: derece (1, 2, 3, 4)

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