degree

Meanings

• a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality
  • "it is all a matter of degree"
• a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process
  • "a remarkable degree of frankness"
• an award conferred by a college or university signifying that the recipient has satisfactorily completed a course of study
  • "he earned his degree at Princeton summa cum laude"
• a measure for arcs and angles
  • "there are 360 degrees in a circle"
• the highest power of a term or variable
• a unit of temperature on a specified scale
  • "the game was played in spite of the 40-degree temperature"
• the seriousness of something (e.g., a burn or crime)
  • "murder in the second degree"
  • "a second degree burn"

Synonyms

academic degree, arcdegree, grade, level, point, stage