degree
di gree
- n a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality
it is all a matter of degree - n a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process
a remarkable degree of frankness - n 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 - n a measure for arcs and angles
there are 360 degrees in a circle - n the highest power of a term or variable
- n a unit of temperature on a specified scale
the game was played in spite of the 40-degree temperature - n the seriousness of something (e.g., a burn or crime)
murder in the second degree
a second degree burn
- WHASSUP, DOCS? When it comes to honorary degrees, nobody beats Bill Cosby, who has (his spokesman thinks) more than 100.
- Thus while first-degree burns appear red and swollen and are painful to the touch, they usually heal on their own.
- Evidences of public disapproval of the so-called "third degree" multiply.