Degree 音标拼音: [dɪgr'i]
n . 度,度数,程度;学位;阶层
度,度数,程度;学位;阶层
degree 度; 阶次; 程度
degree 度
degree n 1 :
a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality ; "
a moderate grade of intelligence "; "
a high level of care is required "; "
it is all a matter of degree " [
synonym : {
degree },
{
grade }, {
level }]
2 :
a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process ; "
a remarkable degree of frankness ";
"
at what stage are the social sciences ?" [
synonym : {
degree },
{
level }, {
stage }, {
point }]
3 :
an award conferred by a college or university signifying that the recipient has satisfactorily completed a course of study ;
"
he earned his degree at Princeton summa cum laude " [
synonym :
{
academic degree }, {
degree }]
4 :
a measure for arcs and angles ; "
there are 360 degrees in a circle " [
synonym : {
degree }, {
arcdegree }]
5 :
the highest power of a term or variable 6 :
a unit of temperature on a specified scale ; "
the game was played in spite of the 40 -
degree temperature "
7 :
the seriousness of something (
e .
g .,
a burn or crime ); "
murder in the second degree "; "
a second degree burn "
Degree \
De *
gree "\,
n . [
F .
degr ['
e ],
OF .
degret ,
fr .
LL .
degradare .
See {
Degrade }.]
1 .
A step ,
stair ,
or staircase . [
Obs .]
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By ladders ,
or else by degree . --
Rom .
of R .
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2 .
One of a series of progressive steps upward or downward ,
in quality ,
rank ,
acquirement ,
and the like ;
a stage in progression ;
grade ;
gradation ;
as ,
degrees of vice and virtue ;
to advance by slow degrees ;
degree of comparison .
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3 .
The point or step of progression to which a person has arrived ;
rank or station in life ;
position . "
A dame of high degree ." --
Dryden . "
A knight is your degree ." --
Shak .
"
Lord or lady of high degree ." --
Lowell .
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4 .
Measure of advancement ;
quality ;
extent ;
as ,
tastes differ in kind as well as in degree .
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The degree of excellence which proclaims genius ,
is different in different times and different places .
--
Sir .
J .
Reynolds .
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5 .
Grade or rank to which scholars are admitted by a college or university ,
in recognition of their attainments ;
also ,
(
informal )
the diploma provided by an educational institution attesting to the achievement of that rank ;
as ,
the degree of bachelor of arts ,
master ,
doctor ,
etc .;
to hang one '
s degrees on the office wall .
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Note :
In the United States diplomas are usually given as the evidence of a degree conferred .
In the humanities the first degree is that of {
bachelor of arts } (
B .
A .
or A .
B .);
the second that of {
master of arts } (
M .
A .
or A .
M .).
The degree of bachelor (
of arts ,
science ,
divinity ,
law ,
etc .)
is conferred upon those who complete a prescribed course of undergraduate study .
The first degree in medicine is that of {
doctor of medicine } (
M .
D .).
The degrees of master and doctor are also conferred ,
in course ,
upon those who have completed certain prescribed postgraduate studies ,
as {
doctor of philosophy } (
Ph .
D .);
the degree of doctor is also conferred as a complimentary recognition of eminent services in science or letters ,
or for public services or distinction (
as {
doctor of laws } (
LL .
D .)
or {
doctor of divinity } (
D .
D .),
when they are called {
honorary degrees }.
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The youth attained his bachelor '
s degree ,
and left the university . --
Macaulay .
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6 . (
Genealogy )
A certain distance or remove in the line of descent ,
determining the proximity of blood ;
one remove in the chain of relationship ;
as ,
a relation in the third or fourth degree .
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In the 11th century an opinion began to gain ground in Italy ,
that third cousins might marry ,
being in the seventh degree according to the civil law .
--
Hallam .
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7 . (
Arith .)
Three figures taken together in numeration ;
thus ,
140 is one degree ,
222 ,
140 two degrees .
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8 . (
Algebra )
State as indicated by sum of exponents ;
more particularly ,
the degree of a term is indicated by the sum of the exponents of its literal factors ;
thus ,
a ^{
2 }
b ^{
3 }
c is a term of the sixth degree .
The degree of a power ,
or radical ,
is denoted by its index ,
that of an equation by the greatest sum of the exponents of the unknown quantities in any term ;
thus ,
ax ^{
4 }
bx ^{
2 } =
c ,
and mx ^{
2 }
y ^{
2 }
nyx =
p ,
are both equations of the fourth degree .
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9 . (
Trig .)
A 360th part of the circumference of a circle ,
which part is taken as the principal unit of measure for arcs and angles .
The degree is divided into 60 minutes and the minute into 60 seconds .
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10 .
A division ,
space ,
or interval ,
marked on a mathematical or other instrument ,
as on a thermometer .
11 . (
Mus .)
A line or space of the staff .
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Note :
The short lines and their spaces are added degrees .
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{
Accumulation of degrees }. (
Eng .
Univ .)
See under {
Accumulation }.
{
By degrees },
step by step ;
by little and little ;
by moderate advances . "
I '
ll leave it by degrees ." --
Shak .
{
Degree of a curve }
or {
Degree of a surface } (
Geom .),
the number which expresses the degree of the equation of the curve or surface in rectilinear coordinates .
A straight line will ,
in general ,
meet the curve or surface in a number of points equal to the degree of the curve or surface and no more .
{
Degree of latitude } (
Geog .),
on the earth ,
the distance on a meridian between two parallels of latitude whose latitudes differ from each other by one degree .
This distance is not the same on different parts of a meridian ,
on account of the flattened figure of the earth ,
being 68 .
702 statute miles at the equator ,
and 69 .
396 at the poles .
{
Degree of longitude },
the distance on a parallel of latitude between two meridians that make an angle of one degree with each other at the poles --
a distance which varies as the cosine of the latitude ,
being at the equator 69 .
16 statute miles .
{
To a degree },
to an extreme ;
exceedingly ;
as ,
mendacious to a degree .
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It has been said that Scotsmen . . .
are . . .
grave to a degree on occasions when races more favored by nature are gladsome to excess . --
Prof .
Wilson .
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172 Moby Thesaurus words for "
degree ":
AA ,
AB ,
AM ,
Associate of Arts ,
BS ,
Bachelor of Arts ,
Bachelor of Divinity ,
Bachelor of Science ,
DD ,
DDS ,
Doctor of Divinity ,
Doctor of Laws ,
Doctor of Letters ,
Doctor of Medicine ,
Doctor of Music ,
Doctor of Philosophy ,
Doctor of Science ,
Doctor of Theology ,
JD ,
LLD ,
LittD ,
MA ,
MBA ,
MD ,
MFA ,
MLS ,
MS ,
Master of Arts ,
Master of Divinity ,
Master of Science ,
PhD ,
SB ,
SM ,
STD ,
ScD ,
ThD ,
baccalaureate ,
baccalaureus ,
bachelor ,
bar ,
bar line ,
barometer ,
bit by bit ,
brace ,
by degrees ,
canon ,
cardinal points ,
caste ,
check ,
class ,
compass card ,
compass rose ,
condition ,
consecutive intervals ,
considerably ,
continuity ,
criterion ,
decidedly ,
degrees ,
diapason ,
diatessaron ,
diatonic interval ,
diatonic semitone ,
dimension ,
doctor ,
doctorate ,
east ,
eastward ,
enharmonic diesis ,
enharmonic interval ,
estate ,
exceedingly ,
extent ,
fifth ,
fourth ,
gauge ,
gradation ,
grade ,
gradually ,
graduated scale ,
half points ,
half step ,
halftone ,
hierarchy ,
highly ,
inch by inch ,
inchmeal ,
interval ,
ledger line ,
lengths ,
less semitone ,
level ,
limit ,
line ,
little by little ,
lubber line ,
magnitude ,
master ,
measure ,
melodic interval ,
model ,
norm ,
north ,
northeast ,
northward ,
northwest ,
notch ,
note ,
occident ,
octave ,
order ,
orient ,
parallel octaves ,
parameter ,
pattern ,
place ,
point ,
position ,
proportion ,
quantity ,
quarter points ,
quite ,
rank ,
rate ,
rather ,
ratio ,
reading ,
readout ,
rhumb ,
rule ,
rung ,
scale ,
second ,
semitone ,
sequence ,
serial order ,
seventh ,
situation ,
sixth ,
size ,
slowly ,
somewhat ,
south ,
southeast ,
southward ,
southwest ,
space ,
staff ,
stage ,
standard ,
standing ,
station ,
status ,
stave ,
step ,
step by step ,
subordination ,
substantially ,
sunrise ,
sunset ,
test ,
third ,
to a degree ,
tone ,
touchstone ,
type ,
unison interval ,
value ,
west ,
westward ,
whole step ,
yardstick The degree (
or valency )
of a node in a graph is the number of
edges joined to it .
DEGREE ,
measures .
In angular measures ,
a degree is equal to sixty minutes ,
or the thirtieth part of a sine .
Vide Measure .
DEGREE ,
persons .
By .
degree ,
is understood the state or condition of a person .
The ancient English statute of additions ,
for example ,
requires that in process ,
for the better description of a defendant ,
his state ,
degree ,
or mystery ,
shall be mentioned .
DEGREE ,
descents .
This word is derived from the French degre ,
which is itself taken from the Latin gradus ,
and signifies literally ,
a step in a stairway ,
or the round of a ladder .
2 .
Figuratively applied ,
and as it is understood in law ,
it is the distance between those who are allied by blood ;
it means the relations descending from a common ancestor ,
from generation to generation ,
as by so many steps .
Hence ,
according to some Lexicographers ,
we obtain the word ,
pedigree (
q .
v .)
Par degrez ,
by degree ,
the descent being reckoned par degrez .
Minshew .
Each generation lengthens the line of descent one degree ,
for the degrees are only the generations marked in a line by small circles or squares ,
in which the names of the persons forming it are written .
Vide Consanguinity ;,
Line ;
and also Ayliffe '
s Parergon ,
209 ;
Toull .
Dr .
Civ .
Frau .
liv .
3 ,
t .
1 ,
c .
3 ,
n .
158 ;
Aso &
Man .
Inst .
B .
2 ,
t .
4 ,
c .
3 ,
Sec .
1 .
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