Degree may refer to: [edit] As a unit of measurement - Degree symbol, (°), a notation used in science, engineering and mathematics
- Degree (angle), a unit of angle measurement
- Degree (temperature), a unit of temperature measurement
- Degree API, a measure of density in the petroleum industry
- Degree Baumé, a pair of density scales
- Degree Brix, a measure of sugar concentration
- Degree Gay-Lussac, a measure of the alcohol content of a liquid by volume, ranging from 0° to 100°
- Degree proof, or simply proof, the alcohol content of a liquid, ranging from 0° to 175° in the UK, and from 0° to 200° in the U.S.
- Degree of curvature, a unit of curvature measurement, used in civil engineering
- Degrees of freedom (mechanics), the number of displacements and/or rotations needed to define the position and orientation of a body
- Degrees of freedom (physics and chemistry), a concept describing dependence on a countable set of parameters
- Degree of frost, a unit of temperature measurement
- Degree of unsaturation, in organic chemistry, also known as the index of hydrogen deficiency or rings plus double bonds
[edit] In mathematics [edit] In education [edit] Other measures - Degree (music), identification of a note in a scale by its relation to the tonic
- Degree of inventiveness in inventions and patents
- Degree of separation in connectivity between groups
- The positive, comparative, and superlative degrees, in linguistics (e.g. "good", "better", and "best", respectively)
- Consanguinity, or level of kinship
- The severity of a crime, e.g., first degree murder
- The intensity of a burn, ranging from first degree to third degree
- A level of initiation, often used in fraternal organizations
- A ranking of black belt, in certain martial arts
[edit] Other uses
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