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The Meaning of degree
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(n.) A step, stair, or staircase.
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(n.) One of a series of progressive steps upward or downward, in quality, rank, acquirement, and the like; a stage in progression; grade; gradation; as, degrees of vice and virtue; to advance by slow degrees; degree of comparison.
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(n.) The point or step of progression to which a person has arrived; rank or station in life; position.
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(n.) Measure of advancement; quality; extent; as, tastes differ in kind as well as in degree.
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(n.) Grade or rank to which scholars are admitted by a college or university, in recognition of their attainments; as, the degree of bachelor of arts, master, doctor, etc.
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(n.) A certain distance or remove in the line of descent, determining the proximity of blood; one remove in the chain of relationship; as, a relation in the third or fourth degree.
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(n.) Three figures taken together in numeration; thus, 140 is one degree, 222,140 two degrees.
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(n.) State as indicated by sum of exponents; more particularly, the degree of a term is indicated by the sum of the exponents of its literal factors; thus, a2b3c is a term of the sixth degree. The degree of a power, or radical, is denoted by its index, that of an equation by the greatest sum of the exponents of the unknown quantities in any term; thus, ax4 + bx2 = c, and mx2y2 + nyx = p, are both equations of the fourth degree.
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(n.) A 360th part of the circumference of a circle, which part is taken as the principal unit of measure for arcs and angles. The degree is divided into 60 minutes and the minute into 60 seconds.
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(n.) A division, space, or interval, marked on a mathematical or other instrument, as on a thermometer.
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(n.) A line or space of the staff.
Synonyms
ground level
,
stage
,
form
,
stratum
,
grade
,
storey
,
tier
,
mark
,
class
,
point
,
score
,
spirit level
,
academic degree
,
story
,
horizontal surface
,
layer
,
gradation
,
arcdegree
,
floor
,
level
,
course
,
grad
,
full point
,
dot
,
spot
,
stop
,
head
,
leg
,
full stop
,
gunpoint
,
peak
,
microscope stage
,
point in time
,
percentage point
,
breaker point
,
phase
,
power point
,
pointedness
,
period
,
detail
,
decimal point
,
distributor point
,
item
,
stagecoach
,
compass point
,
tip
Rhymes
abductee
,
abee
,
absentee
,
ac
,
achee
,
acree
,
actuality
,
actuary
,
addressee
,
adee
,
adoptee
,
adoree
,
agee
,
agree
,
ailee
,
aimee
,
akey
,
albee
,
amc
,
amputee
,
apogee
,
appointee
,
aretsky
,
askey
,
atp
,
attendee
,
b
,
baldree
,
banshee
,
barbaree
,
barbee
,
barclay
,
bbc
,
be
,
bea
,
beastly
,
beaudry
,
bee
,
beebe
,
benami
,
bhatti
,
bibbee
,
bibee
,
bibi
,
blea
,
bouchey
,
bougie
,
bouie
,
bourgeoisie
,
braintree
,
brea
,
bree
,
brie
,
bt
,
buie
,
bushee
,
c
,
c3
,
cacld
,
calliope
,
candee
,
capri
,
carefree
,
cartee
,
cat-3
,
cc
,
cd
,
chablis
,
chea
,
chee
,
cherokee
,
childree
,
colossally
,
comiskey
,
conferee
,
cottee
,
couey
,
coutee
,
crappie
,
cree
,
cuffee
,
curie
,
curlee
,
cxc
,
d
,
dalai
,
dauphinee
,
ddt
,
de
,
dea
,
debris
,
decree
,
dee
,
deedee
,
deportee
,
depree
,
designee
,
detailee
,
detainee
,
devotee
,
di
,
diastole
,
directv
,
disagree
,
divorcee
,
djibouti
,
doubletree
,
draftee
,
dsv
,
dubree
,
dundee
,
dupee
,
dupree
,
dupuy
,
duree
,
duryee
,
e
,
eap
,
ee
,
embree
,
emcee
,
enlistee
,
enrollee
,
escapee
,
esprit
,
fanguy
,
fatheree
,
feathery
,
fee
,
ferree
,
filigree
,
flea
,
flee
,
fleuri
,
foree
,
foresee
,
forsee
,
franchisee
,
frazee
,
free
,
fsi
,
g
,
galilee
,
gassee
,
geac
,
gee
,
gemini
,
genesee
,
geri
,
ghee
,
glee
,
goatee
,
gretzky
,
guarani
,
guarantee
,
guaranty
,
guerry
,
gurnee
,
gutsy
,
gyi
,
gymboree
,
hammontree
,
hao-chi
,
hardee
,
hardegree
,
hardigree
,
hashi
,
hawaii
,
hawkey
,
he
,
hee
,
hembree
,
henri
,
homosexuality
,
honeybee
,
hyperbole
,
hyphae
,
idiosyncrasy
,
indri
,
inductee
,
internee
,
interviewee
,
irit
,
irve
,
janii
,
jaycee
,
je
,
jee
,
jessee
,
ji
,
jie
,
jubilee
,
kabuki
,
kagarlitsky
,
kea
,
keesee
,
key
,
khe
,
ki
,
kissee
,
klee
,
knee
,
kyi
,
labree
,
laryngoscopy
,
latchkey
,
lea
,
lee
,
legree
,
leigh
,
lessee
,
li
,
licensee
,
lordy
,
loree
,
losee
,
louie
,
lp
,
lsd
,
lxi
,
m3
,
machete
,
magee
,
manatee
,
marie
,
marquee
,
marquis
,
mcbee
,
mccree
,
mcfee
,
mcgee
,
mcghee
,
mckie
,
mcnee
,
mcphee
,
mcquarrie
,
mcree
,
me
,
mea
,
mee
,
mi
,
minestrone
,
mit
,
miti
,
moree
,
mpg
,
muti
,
nabil
,
ne
,
nee
,
nestle
,
nie
,
nobody
,
nominee
,
nyet
,
odp
,
ofc
,
olea
,
oui
,
oversea
,
oversee
,
p
,
panini
,
parolee
,
partee
,
pattee
,
pawnee
,
payee
,
pea
,
peay
,
pee
,
peewee
,
petree
,
phonology
,
pingree
,
plea
,
pony
,
portee
,
potpourri
,
pouncy
,
pre
,
precis
,
pree
,
prix
,
proctoscopy
,
quay
,
qui
,
ranee
,
ravi
,
rb
,
reality
,
realty
,
ree
,
reeh
,
referee
,
repartee
,
resignee
,
retiree
,
returnee
,
rhee
,
rhinoplasty
,
rippee
,
rosalee
,
rosemarie
,
rupee
,
satterlee
,
schnee
,
scree
,
sea
,
sebree
,
see
,
semele
,
sensuality
,
seti
,
she
,
sheree
,
shi
,
shieh
,
shih
,
shippee
,
shitty
,
shri
,
si
,
sie
,
sightsee
,
ski
,
slee
,
smee
,
smithee
,
soli
,
spree
,
sri
,
sunday
,
suny
,
swanee
,
syncope
,
sze
,
t
,
te
,
tea
,
tee
,
tennessee
,
thee
,
thermae
,
thi
,
thierry
,
thirty
,
three
,
ti
,
tiki
,
timpani
,
trainee
,
tree
,
trotsky
,
trustee
,
tse
,
turnkey
,
tuskegee
,
tv
,
tyree
,
undersea
,
v
,
valente
,
valenti
,
ve
,
vee
,
vendee
,
waikiki
,
wannabe
,
wannabee
,
we
,
wee
,
weighty
,
whitey
,
whoopee
,
wiehe
,
withee
,
woodmansee
,
xi
,
xie
,
yangtze
,
ye
,
yee
,
yi
,
yie
,
yippee
,
z
,
ze
,
zea
,
zee
,
ziad
,
zuni