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Word: degree (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • An individual step, or stage, in any process or scale of values. from 13th c.
  • A 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.) from 14th c.
  • A stage of rank or privilege; social standing. from 13th c.
  • now|_|rare One's relative state or experience; way, manner. from 14th c.
  • obsolete|_|except|_|heraldry A step on a set of stairs; the rung of a ladder. from 13th c.
  • from 14th c.
  • from 14th c.
  • graph theory The number of edges that a vertex takes part in; a valency.
  • from 18th c.
  • from 18th c.
  • surveying The curvature of a circular arc, expressed as the angle subtended by a fixed length of arc or chord.
  • The amount that an entity possesses a certain property; relative intensity, extent. from 14th c.

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