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Meaning of degree

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  degree
      n 1: a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality; "a
           moderate grade of intelligence"; "a high level of care is
           required"; "it is all a matter of degree" [syn: {degree},
           {grade}, {level}]
      2: a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or
         especially in a process; "a remarkable degree of frankness";
         "at what stage are the social sciences?" [syn: {degree},
         {level}, {stage}, {point}]
      3: 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" [syn:
         {academic degree}, {degree}]
      4: a measure for arcs and angles; "there are 360 degrees in a
         circle" [syn: {degree}, {arcdegree}]
      5: the highest power of a term or variable
      6: a unit of temperature on a specified scale; "the game was
         played in spite of the 40-degree temperature"
      7: the seriousness of something (e.g., a burn or crime); "murder
         in the second degree"; "a second degree burn"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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