degree
/dɪˈɡɹiː/ noun A2- A completed curriculum of study in tertiary education. · She has two bachelor's degrees and is studying towards a master's degree.
- A unit of measurement of angle equal to ¹⁄₃₆₀ of a circle's circumference. · A right angle is a ninety-degree angle.· Most humans have a field of vision of almost 180 degrees.
- A unit of measurement of temperature on any of several scales, such as Celsius or Fahrenheit. · 212 degrees Fahrenheit is equal to 100 degrees Celsius.· Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius.
- The sum of the exponents of a term; the order of a polynomial. · A quadratic polynomial is a polynomial of degree 2.
- The dimensionality of a field extension. · The set of complex numbers constitutes a field extension of degree 2 over the real numbers.
- The number of edges that a vertex takes part in; a valency.
- The number of logical connectives in a formula.
- The curvature of a circular arc, expressed as the angle subtended by a fixed length of arc or chord.
Plural degrees
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Anxious and uneasy, the period which passed in the drawing-room before the gentlemen came, was wearisome and dull to a degree that almost made her uncivil.
The last squire dragged out his existence there, living the horrible life of an aristocratic pauper; but his only son, my stepfather, seeing that he must adapt himself to the new conditions, obtained an advance from a relative, which enabled him to take a medical degree and went out to Calcutta, where, by his professional skill and his force of character, he established a large practice.
This prospect of fresh festivity redoubled the hilarity of the guests to such a degree, that the elder Dantès, who, at the commencement of the repast, had commented upon the silence that prevailed, now found it difficult, amid the general din of voices, to obtain a moment’s tranquillity in which to drink to the health and prosperity of the bride and bridegroom.
“True,” replied the marquise, without wincing in the slightest degree at the tragic remembrance thus called up; “but bear in mind, if you please, that our respective parents underwent persecution and proscription from diametrically opposite principles; in proof of which I may remark, that while my family remained among the staunchest adherents of the exiled princes, your father lost no time in joining the new government; and that while the Citizen Noirtier was a Girondin, the Count Noirtier became a senator.”
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