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1.nounA stage of proficiency or qualification in a course of study, now especially an award bestowed by a university or, in some countries, a college, as a certification of academic achievement. (In the United States, can include secondary schools.)"She has two bachelor's degrees and is studying towards a master's degree."
2.nounA unit of measurement of angle equal to 1/360 of a circle's circumference."A right angle is a ninety-degree angle."
3.nounA unit of measurement of temperature on any of several scales, such as Celsius or Fahrenheit."180 degrees Fahrenheit is equivalent to 100 degrees Celsius."
4.nounThe sum of the exponents of a term; the order of a polynomial."A quadratic polynomial is a polynomial of degree 2."
5.nounThe dimensionality of a field extension."The Galois field \operatorname{GF}(125) = \operatorname{GF}(5^3) has degree 3 over its subfield \operatorname{GF}(5)."
6.nounThe number of edges that a vertex takes part in; a valency.
7.nounThe number of logical connectives in a formula.
8.nounThe curvature of a circular arc, expressed as the angle subtended by a fixed length of arc or chord.
9.nounA unit of measurement of latitude and longitude which together identify a location on the Earth's surface.
10.noun(grammar) Any of the three stages (positive, comparative, superlative) in the comparison of an adjective or an adverb.
11.noun(obsolete outside heraldry) A step on a set of stairs; the rung of a ladder.
12.nounAn individual step, or stage, in any process or scale of values.
13.nounA stage of rank or privilege; social standing.
14.noun(genealogy) A ‘step’ in genealogical descent.
15.nounOne's relative state or experience; way, manner.
16.nounThe amount that an entity possesses a certain property; relative intensity, extent."To what degree do the two accounts of the accident concur?"