Degree may refer to:
As a unit of measurement
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Degree (angle)
A degree (in full, a degree of arc, arc degree, or arcdegree), usually denoted by ° (the degree symbol), is a measurement of a plane (mathematics), plane angle in which one Turn (geometry), full rotation is 360 degrees.
It is not an SI unit†...
, a unit of angle measurement
** Degree of geographical
latitude
In geography, latitude is a geographic coordinate system, geographic coordinate that specifies the north-south position of a point on the surface of the Earth or another celestial body. Latitude is given as an angle that ranges from −90° at t ...
** Degree of geographical
longitude
Longitude (, ) is a geographic coordinate that specifies the east- west position of a point on the surface of the Earth, or another celestial body. It is an angular measurement, usually expressed in degrees and denoted by the Greek lett ...
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Degree symbol
The degree symbol or degree sign, , is a glyph or symbol that is used, among other things, to represent degrees of arc (e.g. in geographic coordinate systems), hours (in the medical field), degrees of temperature or alcohol proof. The symbo ...
(°), a notation used in science, engineering, and mathematics
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Degree (temperature), any of various units of temperature measurement
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Degree API, a measure of density in the petroleum industry
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Degree Baumé, a pair of density scales
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Degree Brix, a measure of sugar concentration
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Degree Gay-Lussac, a measure of the alcohol content of a liquid by volume, ranging from 0° to 100°
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Degree proof, or simply proof, the alcohol content of a liquid, ranging from 0° to 175° in the UK, and from 0° to 200° in the U.S.
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Degree of curvature, a unit of curvature measurement, used in civil engineering
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Degrees of freedom (mechanics), the number of displacements or rotations needed to define the position and orientation of a body
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Degrees of freedom (physics and chemistry)
In physics and chemistry, a degree of freedom is an independent physical parameter in the chosen parameterization of a physical system. More formally, given a parameterization of a physical system, the number of degrees of freedom is the smalles ...
, a concept describing dependence on a countable set of parameters
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Degree of frost, a unit of temperature measurement
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Degrees Lintner, a measure of enzymatic activity
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Degrees Lovibond, a measure of transparency
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Degree of unsaturation, in organic chemistry, also known as the index of hydrogen deficiency or rings plus double bonds
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dGH, degrees of general hardness of water
* Degree of
carbonate hardness of water (degree KH)
In mathematics
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Degree of a polynomial
In mathematics, the degree of a polynomial is the highest of the degrees of the polynomial's monomials (individual terms) with non-zero coefficients. The degree of a term is the sum of the exponents of the variables that appear in it, and thus ...
, the exponent of its term with the highest exponent
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Degree of a field extension
* Degree of an
algebraic number field
In mathematics, an algebraic number field (or simply number field) is an extension field K of the field of rational numbers such that the field extension K / \mathbb has finite degree (and hence is an algebraic field extension).
Thus K is a ...
, its degree as a field extension of the rational numbers
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Degree of an algebraic variety
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Degree (graph theory), or valency, the number of edges incident to a vertex of a graph
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Degree of a continuous mapping, a generalization of winding number
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Degrees of freedom
In many scientific fields, the degrees of freedom of a system is the number of parameters of the system that may vary independently. For example, a point in the plane has two degrees of freedom for translation: its two coordinates; a non-infinite ...
, the number of parameters of a system that may vary independently
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Degree of a character in representation theory
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Degree of unsolvability in recursion theory
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Degree of a central simple algebra
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Degree of a permutation group, the number of elements that are permuted
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Degree of a differential equation, the power of the highest derivative therein
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Degree of a th root
In education
Academic degree
An academic degree is a qualification awarded to a student upon successful completion of a course of study in higher education, usually at a college or university. These institutions often offer degrees at various levels, usually divided into und ...
, an academic rank, title or award
* Substantive degree ranks from lowest to highest
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Academic certificate
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Foundation degree
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Associate's degree
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Bachelor's degree
A bachelor's degree (from Medieval Latin ''baccalaureus'') or baccalaureate (from Modern Latin ''baccalaureatus'') is an undergraduate degree awarded by colleges and universities upon completion of a course of study lasting three to six years ...
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Master's degree
A master's degree (from Latin ) is a postgraduate academic degree awarded by universities or colleges upon completion of a course of study demonstrating mastery or a high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional prac ...
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Doctorate degree
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Professional degree
* Particular degrees (focus or method)
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Engineer's degree
An engineer's degree is an advanced academic degree in engineering which is conferred in Europe, some countries of Asia and Latin America, North Africa and a few institutions in the United States. The degree may require a thesis but always require ...
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Specialist degree
The specialist degree is an academic degree conferred by a college or university. The degree is formatted differently worldwide and may be either a five-year program or a doctoral level graduate program that occurs after a master's degree but befo ...
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Lambeth degree
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External degree
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Microdegree
* Honorary degrees
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Ad eundem degree
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Honorary degree
* Other
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Vocational degree
Other measures
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Degree (music), identification of a note in a scale by its relation to the tonic
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Degree of inventiveness in inventions and patents
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Degree of separation in connectivity between groups (''first degree'' is closest)
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Degree of relationship, in
kinship
In anthropology, kinship is the web of social relationships that form an important part of the lives of all humans in all societies, although its exact meanings even within this discipline are often debated. Anthropologist Robin Fox says that ...
between individuals (''first degree'' is closest)
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Consanguinity, or level of kinship
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Comparison (grammar) - degrees of comparison include positive, comparative, and superlative (e.g. "good", "better", and "best", respectively)
* The severity of a crime, e.g.,
first degree murder (''first degree'' is worst)
* The intensity of a
burn (the higher the worse)
* A level of
initiation
Initiation is a rite of passage marking entrance or acceptance into a group or society. It could also be a formal admission to adulthood in a community or one of its formal components. In an extended sense, it can also signify a transformatio ...
, often used in fraternal organizations
* A ranking of
black belt, in certain martial arts
People
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Asha Jaquilla Degree (born 1990), an American child who went missing in 2000
Brands
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Da Degrees, Canadian record label and hip hop collective
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Degree (deodorant), a brand of antiperspirant
Other uses
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Degree (freemasonry)
* Degree of
Knights Templar (Freemasonry), a special case of a ''degree'' in freemasonry
See also
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Grad (disambiguation)
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Grade (disambiguation)
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