Degree
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Degree may refer to:
In science:
- Degree (angle), a unit of angle measurement
- Degree (temperature), a unit of temperature measurement
- Degree (symbol), (°), a notation used in science, engineering and mathematics
- Degree of curvature, a unit of curvature measurement
- Degrees of freedom (physics and chemistry)
In mathematics:
In education:
- Academic degree, an academic award or title requiring a longer study period than a diploma
Degree may also refer to:
- Degree (music), a particular note of a scale in relation to the tonic
- Degree (deodorant), a brand of antiperspirant
- Degree (deejay), a Jamaican deejay, formerly known as General Degree
- Degree (project), Dissemination and Exploitation of GRids in Earth science
Degree, in the sense of measurement, is used to indicate:
- "good", "better" (the comparative degree) and "best" (the superlative degree)
- the severity of similar crimes (in some jurisdictions) — for example first degree murder
- the intensity of a burn (from first degree to third degree)
- the level of kinship; see consanguinity
- the degree of inventiveness in inventions and patents