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Degree
Degree
n.
A
step
,
stair
, or
staircase
.
Degree
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
.
Degree
n.
The
point
or
step
of
progression
to
which
a
person
has
arrived
;
rank
or
station
in
life
;
position
.
Degree
n.
Measure
of
advancement
;
quality
;
extent
; as,
tastes
differ
in
kind
as
well
as in
degree
.
Degree
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
.
Degree
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
.
Degree
n.
Three
figures
taken
together
in
numeration
;
thus
,
140
is
one
degree
,
222
,
140
two
degrees
.
Degree
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
.
Degree
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
.
Degree
n.
A
division
,
space
, or
interval
,
marked
on a
mathematical
or
other
instrument
, as on a
thermometer
.
Degree
n.
A
line
or
space
of
the
staff
.
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