degree

About 86.73 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A completed curriculum of study in tertiary education.

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

2. noun A unit of measurement of angle equal to ⁄360 of a circle's circumference. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}

   A right angle is a ninety-degree angle.

3. noun A unit of measurement of temperature on any of several scales, such as Celsius or Fahrenheit.

   212 degrees Fahrenheit is equal to 100 degrees Celsius.

4. noun The sum of the exponents of a term; the order of a polynomial.

   A quadratic polynomial is a polynomial of degree 2.

5. noun The dimensionality of a field extension.

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

6. noun The number of edges that a vertex takes part in; a valency.
7. noun The number of logical connectives in a formula.
8. noun The curvature of a circular arc, expressed as the angle subtended by a fixed length of arc or chord.

Similar words

stage point grade level arcdegree academic degree diploma postgraduate graduate graduation

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Word family

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