Degree

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Degree, in the sense of measurement, is used to indicate:

• Positive degree ("good"), Comparative degree ("better") and superlative degree ("best")
• Severity of similar crimes (in some jurisdictions) — for example first degree murder
• Intensity of a burn (from first degree to third degree)
• Level of kinship (consanguinity)
• Degree of inventiveness in inventions and patents
• Degree of separation in connectivity between groups
• Degree proof, the proof or alcohol content of a liquid measured in Degrees (0-175° in the UK, 0-200° in the USA)
• Degree Gay-Lussac, the alcohol content of a liquid by volume (0-100 °GL).
• geographic coordinates, cf. Geographic coordinate system; as such it refers to a measurement of angle as used in one of three common formats, e.g. DMS, i.e. Degrees:Minutes:Seconds (e.g. 49°30'00"N, 123°30'00"W), which is standard on all charts and maps, as well as Global Positioning System (GPS) and geographic information systems (GIS).

Degree may also refer to:

In science:

• Degree (angle), a unit of angle measurement
• Degree (temperature), a unit of temperature measurement
• Degree of frost, a unit of temperature measurement
• Degree symbol, (°), a notation used in science, engineering and mathematics
• Degree API, a measure of density in the petroleum industry
• Degree Baumé, a couple of density scales
• Degree Brix, a measure of sugar concentration
• Degree of curvature, a unit of curvature measurement
• Degrees of freedom (physics and chemistry)
• Degree of unsaturation (Organic Chemistry)

In mathematics:

• Degree (mathematics)
  • Degree of a polynomial
  • Degree of a field extension
  • Degree (graph theory)
  • Degree (continuous map)
  • Degrees of freedom (statistics)
  • Degrees of freedom (engineering)

In education:

• Academic degree, an academic award or title requiring a longer study period than a diploma
  • Foundation degree
  • Associate's degree
  • Bachelor's degree
  • Master's degree
  • Doctorate
  • Engineer's degree
  • Specialist degree
  • Ad eundem degree
  • Honorary degree
  • Lambeth degree
  • External degree
• Vocational degree, an award in vocational education

Degree may also refer to:

• Degree (music), a particular note of a scale in relation to the tonic
• Degree (deodorant), a brand of antiperspirant
• A level of initiation, often used in fraternal organizations (for example, see: Degree (freemasonry)).

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