Six degrees of separation is the theory that anyone on Earth can be connected to any other person on the planet through a chain of acquaintances that has no more than five intermediaries Six degrees or Six degrees of separation may also refer to: *

Six degrees of freedom Six degrees of freedom (6DOF), or sometimes six degrees of movement, refers to the six mechanical degrees of freedom of movement of a rigid body in three-dimensional space. Specifically, the body is free to change position as forward/backw ...

, motion in three-dimensional space, with three translation motions (up/down, left/right, forward/back) and three rotation motions (yaw, pitch, roll) * Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon, a trivia game that requires a group of players to connect any film actor to Kevin Bacon in as few links as possible ** SixDegrees.org, a social networking website created by Bacon based on the game, intended to link people to charities * SixDegrees.com, a social networking website from 1997 to 2001 * Six Degrees patent, covering patterns on which modern social networking is founded * Six Degrees Architects, an Australian architectural firm in Melbourne, Victoria

Books

*'' Six Degrees: The Science of a Connected Age'', a science book by Duncan J. Watts, covering the application of network theory to sociology *'' Six Degrees: Our Future on a Hotter Planet'', 2007 book by Mark Lynas, about the impact each single degree increase in temperature could have on our planet over the next century * ''SixDegrees'' (magazine), English-language Finnish magazine

Film, television, and drama

* ''Six Degrees'' (TV series), aka ''6°'', a 2006 American television series that aired on ABC *'' 6Degrees'', aka ''Six Degrees'', a 2012–2015 British/Northern Irish television series that aired on BBC-NI * ''Six Degrees of Separation'' (play), a play by American playwright John Guare * ''Six Degrees of Separation'' (film), a 1993 American film adaptation of the Guare play * "Six Degrees of Separation" (''Battlestar Galactica''), an episode of the television series ''Battlestar Galactica'' *'' Six Degrees of Separation from Lilia Cuntapay'', a Philippine independent film *'' Lonely Planet Six Degrees'', an American travel television program

Music

* "Six Degrees of Separation" (song), a song by Irish rock band The Script from their album ''#3'' *'' Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence'', a full-length studio album by progressive metal band Dream Theater * "Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence" (song), the title track of the aforementioned album * Six Degrees Records, a recording company noted for its catalog of recordings from international musicians and vocalists {{Disambiguation