DEGREE

'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 of curvature, a unit of curvature measurement

★ Degrees of freedom (physics and chemistry)
In 'mathematics':

★ Degree (mathematics)

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★ Degree of a polynomial

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★ Degree of a field extension

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★ Degree (graph theory)

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★ Degree (continuous map)

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★ Degrees of freedom (statistics)

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★ Degrees of freedom (engineering)
In 'education':

★ Academic degree, an academic award or title requiring a longer study period than a diploma

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★ Foundation degree

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★ Associate's degree

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★ Bachelor's degree

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★ Master's degree

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★ Doctorate degree

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★ Engineer's degree

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★ Specialist degree

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★ Ad eundem degree

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★ Honorary degree

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★ Lambeth degree

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★ External degree
'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

★ A degree of initiation, often used in secret societies and some pagan religious groups