Definition of degree

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Degree (n.) 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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Valence :: Valence (n.) The degree of combining power of an atom (or radical) as shown by the number of atoms of hydrogen (or of other monads, as chlorine, sodium, etc.) with which it will combine, or for which it can be substituted, or with which it can be compared; thus, an atom of hydrogen is a monad, and has a valence of one; the atoms of oxygen, nitrogen, and carbon are respectively dyads, triads, and tetrads, and have a valence respectively of two, three, and four..
Degree :: Degree (n.) A line or space of the staff.
Between :: Between (prep.) In intermediate relation to, in respect to time, quantity, or degree; as, between nine and ten o'clock..
Moderate :: Moderate (a.) Limited as to the degree in which a quality, principle, or faculty appears; as, an infusion of moderate strength; a man of moderate abilities..
Grise :: Grise (n.) A step (in a flight of stairs); a degree.
Extent :: Extent (n.) Degree; measure; proportion.
Depression :: Depression (n.) The operation of reducing to a lower degree; -- said of equations.
Skip :: Skip (n.) A passage from one sound to another by more than a degree at once.
Hygrostatics :: Hygrostatics (n.) The science or art of comparing or measuring degrees of moisture.
So :: So (adv.) In like manner or degree; in the same way; thus; for like reason; whith equal reason; -- used correlatively, following as, to denote comparison or resemblance; sometimes, also, following inasmuch as..
Most :: Most (a.) Greatest in degree; as, he has the most need of it..
Subdivisible :: Subdivine (a.) Partaking of divinity; divine in a partial or lower degree.
Strength :: Strength (n.) Intensity or degree of the distinguishing and essential element; spirit; virtue; excellence; -- said of liquors, solutions, etc.; as, the strength of wine or of acids..
Mightily :: Mightily (adv.) To a great degree; very much.
Power :: Power (n.) The degree to which a lens, mirror, or any optical instrument, magnifies; in the telescope, and usually in the microscope, the number of times it multiplies, or augments, the apparent diameter of an object; sometimes, in microscopes, the number of times it multiplies the apparent surface..
Mighty :: Mighty (adv.) In a great degree; very.
Excellently :: Excellently (adv.) In a high or superior degree; -- in this literal use, not implying worthiness..
Quadric :: Quadric (n.) A quantic of the second degree. See Quantic.
Small :: Small (superl.) Having little size, compared with other things of the same kind; little in quantity or degree; diminutive; not large or extended in dimension; not great; not much; inconsiderable; as, a small man; a small river..
Value :: Value (n.) The property or aggregate properties of a thing by which it is rendered useful or desirable, or the degree of such property or sum of properties; worth; excellence; utility; importance..
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