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
* Foundation degree
* Associate's degree
* Bachelor's degree
* Master's degree
* Doctorate degree
* Engineer's degree
* Specialist degree
* ad eundem degree
* Honorary degree
* Lambeth degree
* External degree

Degree may also refer to:

Degree (music), a particular note of a scale in relation to the tonic
In some jurisdictions, the severity of similar crimes — for example first degree murder
the intensity of a burn (from first degree to third degree)
the comparative degree and the superlative degree (good, better, best)
the level of kinship; see consanguinity
the Degree of inventiveness
the levels of advancement within certain organizations, such as Freemasonry and the Knights of Columbus
Degree (deodorant), a brand of antiperspirant

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