Degree
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Degree, in the sense of measurement, is used to indicate:
- Comparative degree ("good", "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 may also 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 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)
In mathematics:
In education:
- Academic degree, an academic award or title requiring a longer study period than a diploma
- 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 degree of initiation, often used in secret societies and some pagan religious groups - for example: Knights Templar (Freemason degree)