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1. Degree
   In music, a degree is a line or space of the staff. The short lines and their spaces are added degrees.
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2. degree
   Type: Term Pronunciation: dĕ-grē′ Definitions: 1. One of the divisions on the scale of a measuring instrument such as a thermometer, barometer, etc. see Comparative Temperature Scales appendix. 2. The 360th part of the circumference of a circle. 3. A position or rank within a graded ...
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3. degree
   The degree (or valency) of a node in a graph is the number of edges joined to it.
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4. degree
   [n] - a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process 2. [n] - a unit of temperature on a specified scale 3. [n] - a measure for arcs and angles 4. [n] - the highest power of a term or variable 5. [n] - the seriousness of something (e.g., a...
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5. Degree
   Qualification awarded after the successful completion of undergraduate study. BA (Bachelor of Arts) for a first degree in Arts and BSc (Bachelor of Science) for a first degree in Science, are the two most common undergraduate degrees. Degrees can be studied as a single subject (single honours), two ...
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6. Degree
   An academic title given by a college or university to a student who has completed a course of study. Also often used to refer to the process of studying for this title, as in ‘I`m doing my degree at Glamorgan!`
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7. Degree
   An incremental value in the temperature scale, i.e., there are 100° between the ice point and the boiling point of water in the Celsius scale and 180°F between the same two points in the Fahrenheit scale.
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8. degree
   A unit for measuring angles and temperature
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9. degree
   the unit of temperature difference, usually defined as a certain fraction of the fundamental interval in a temperature scale, after which the degree is named Category: Mechanical engineering • degree:a title conferred upon students by a college,university or professional school upon comp...
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10. Degree
    De·gree' noun [ French degré , Old French degret , from Late Latin degradare . See Degrade .] 1. A step, stair, or staircase. [ Obsolete] « By ladders, or else by degree .» Rom. of R. ...
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11. degree
    1. A step, stair, or staircase. 'By ladders, or else by degree.' (Rom. Of R) ... 2. One of a series of progressive steps upward or downward, in quality, rank, acquirement, and the like; a stage in progression; grade; gradation; as, degrees of vice and virtue; to advance by slow degrees; degree of co...
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12. degree
    grade noun 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`
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13. degree
    noun the highest power of a term or variable
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14. degree
    arcdegree noun a measure for arcs and angles; `there are 360 degrees in a circle`
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15. degree
    stage noun 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?`
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16. degree
    (dә-gre´) a grade or rank within a series, especially a rank awarded to scholars by a college or university. a unit of measure of temperature. a unit of measure of arcs and angles, one degree being 1/360 of a circle. one of the ranks or stages in a progressive series. ...
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17. Degree
    • (n.) The point or step of progression to which a person has arrived; rank or station in life; position. • (n.) A line or space of the staff. • (n.) Grade or rank to which scholars are admitted by a college or university, in recognition of their attainments; as, the degree of bachelo...
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18. degree
    (from the article `criminal law`) The common-law tradition distinguishes four degrees of participation in crime. One who commits the act `with his own hand` is a principal in the ...
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19. degree
    (from the article `mathematics`) Lagrange presented a detailed analysis of the solution by radicals of second-, third-, and fourth-degree equations and investigated why these ...
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20. degree
    (from the article `formal logic`) ...symbols designed to stand for functions. The notion of a function may be sufficiently explained for present purposes as follows: There is said to ...
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21. degree
    (from the article `trigonometry`) Numerical values can be assigned to angles by selecting a unit of measure. The most common units are the degree and the radian. There are 360° in a ...
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22. degree
    (from the article `graph theory`) An important number associated with each vertex is its degree; this is defined as the number of edges that enter or exit from it—thus, a loop ...
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23. degree
    in education, any of several titles conferred by colleges and universities to indicate the completion of a course of study or the extent of academic ... [3 related articles]
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24. Degree
    [graph theory] The formula implies that in any graph, the number of vertices with odd degree is even. This statement (as well as the degree sum formula) is known as the handshaking lemma. The latter name comes from a popular mathematical problem, to prove that in any group of people the numb...
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25. Degree
    [temperature] The term degree is used in several scales of temperature. The symbol ° is usually used, followed by the initial letter of the unit, for example “°C” for degree(s) Celsius. A degree can be defined as a set change in temperature measured against a given scale, for example, ...
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