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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?"
17.nounThe whole numbers from 0 to 9 and the Arabic numerals representing them, which are combined to represent base-ten numbers."The number 123.4 has four digits: the hundreds digit is 1, the tens digit is 2, the units digit is 3, and the tenths digit is 4."
18.nounA distinct symbol representing one of an arithmetic progression of numbers between 0 and the radix."Hexadecimal numeration (Base sixteen) includes the digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 but also A (=10 decimal), B, C, D, E, and F. Sixteen itself is written as the two-digit number 10."
19.noun1/12 the apparent diameter of the sun or moon, as a measure of the totality of an eclipse."A six-digit eclipse covers half the lunar surface."
20.nounA unit of length notionally based upon the width of an adult human finger, standardized differently in various places and times, the English digit of 1/16 foot (about 1.9 cm).
21.nounA narrow extremity of the human hand or foot: a finger, thumb, or toe.
22.nounSimilar or similar-looking structures in other animals.
23.verbTo point at or point out with the finger.
24.nounA unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot, or exactly 2.54 centimetres.
25.nounThe amount of water which would cover a surface to the depth of an inch, used as a measurement of rainfall.
26.nounThe amount of an alcoholic beverage which would fill a glass or bottle to the depth of an inch.
27.nounA very short distance.""Don't move an inch!""
28.nounA small island