degree

1. A position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality (synset 105101152)
   "a moderate grade of intelligence"; "a high level of care is required"; "it is all a matter of degree"
   tells us about:

   • high - greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount
   • low - less than normal in degree or intensity or amount
   • mild - moderate in type or degree or effect or force; far from extreme
   • intense - possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree
   is a type of: property - a basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a class
   subtypes:

   • caliber, calibre, quality - a degree or grade of excellence or worth
   • intensity, intensiveness - high level or degree; the property of being intense
   • grind - the grade of particle fineness to which a substance is ground
   • depth - degree of psychological or intellectual profundity
   • highness - a high degree (of amount or force etc.)
   • high - a lofty level or position or degree
   • low - a low level or position or degree
   • lowness - a low or small degree of any quality (amount or force or temperature etc.)
   • extreme - the furthest or highest degree of something
   • amplitude level - the level on a scale of amplitude
   • moderateness, moderation - quality of being moderate and avoiding extremes
   • immoderateness, immoderation - the quality of being excessive and lacking in moderation
   • spf, sun protection factor - the degree to which a sunscreen protects the skin from the direct rays of the sun
   same as: grade, level
2. A specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process (synset 113962925)
   "a remarkable degree of frankness"; "at what stage are the social sciences?"
   is a type of: state - the way something is with respect to its main attributes
   subtypes:

   • ladder - ascending stages by which somebody or something can progress
   • acme, elevation, height, meridian, peak, pinnacle, summit, superlative, tiptop, top - the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development
   • extent - the point or degree to which something extends
   • end point, resultant - the final point in a process
   • living standards, standard of life, standard of living - a level of material comfort in terms of goods and services available to someone or some group
   • plane - a level of existence or development
   • state of the art - the highest degree of development of an art or technique at a particular time
   • ultimacy, ultimateness - the state or degree of being ultimate; the final or most extreme in degree or size or time or distance
   • quickening - the stage of pregnancy at which the mother first feels the movements of the fetus
   • climax - the most severe stage of a disease
   same as: level, point, stage
3. An award conferred by a college or university signifying that the recipient has satisfactorily completed a course of study (synset 106710094)
   "he earned his degree at Princeton summa cum laude"
   is a type of: accolade, award, honor, honour, laurels - a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction
   subtypes:

   • associate, associate degree - a degree granted by a two-year college on successful completion of the undergraduates course of studies
   • baccalaureate, bachelor's degree - an academic degree conferred on someone who has successfully completed undergraduate studies
   • honours, honours degree - a university degree with honors
   • master's degree - an academic degree higher than a bachelor's degree but lower than a doctor's degree
   • doctor's degree, doctorate - one of the highest earned academic degrees conferred by a university
   • law degree - degree conferred on someone who successfully completes law school
   • honorary degree, honoris causa - a degree conferred to honor the recipient
   same as: academic degree
4. A measure for arcs and angles (synset 113632450)
   "there are 360 degrees in a circle"
   is a type of: angular unit - a unit of measurement for angles
   has: arcminute, minute, minute of arc - a unit of angular distance equal to a 60th of a degree
   is a part of:

   • oxtant - a unit of angular distance equal to half a quadrant
   • sextant - a unit of angular distance equal to 60 degrees
   same as: arcdegree
5. The highest power of a term or variable (synset 105869901)
   is a type of: exponent, index, power - a mathematical notation indicating the number of times a quantity is multiplied by itself
   subtypes:

   • degree of a term - the sum of the exponents of the variables in the term
   • degree of a polynomial - the degree of the term in the polynomial that has the highest degree
   • first degree - a degree of one
6. A unit of temperature on a specified scale (synset 113736289)
   "the game was played in spite of the 40-degree temperature"
   is a type of: temperature unit - a unit of measurement for temperature
   subtypes:

   • c, degree celsius, degree centigrade - a degree on the centigrade scale of temperature
   • degree fahrenheit, f - a degree on the Fahrenheit scale of temperature
7. The seriousness of something (e.g., a burn or crime) (synset 105101827)
   "murder in the second degree"; "a second degree burn"
   is a type of: magnitude - the property of relative size or extent (whether large or small)

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