degrees
/dɪˈɡɹiːz/ · noun
Meaning
- A stage of proficiency or qualification in a course of study, now especially an award bestowed by a university or, in some countries, a college, as a certification of academic achievement. (In the United States, can include secondary schools.)
- A unit of measurement of angle equal to 1/360 of a circle's circumference.
- A unit of measurement of temperature on any of several scales, such as Celsius or Fahrenheit.
- The sum of the exponents of a term; the order of a polynomial.
- The dimensionality of a field extension.
- The number of edges that a vertex takes part in; a valency.
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