Read the dictionary definition of degree. All definitions for this word.
1. a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality
1. a moderate grade of intelligence
2. a high level of care is required
3. it is all a matter of degree
2. the seriousness of something (e.g., a burn or crime)
1. murder in the second degree
2. a second degree burn
3. the highest power of a term or variable
4. an award conferred by a college or university signifying that the recipient has satisfactorily completed a course of study
1. he earned his degree at Princeton summa cum laude
5. a measure for arcs and angles
1. there are 360 degrees in a circle
6. a unit of temperature on a specified scale
1. the game was played in spite of the 40-degree temperature
7. a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process
1. a remarkable degree of frankness
2. at what stage are the social sciences?
