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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Sear :: Sear (a.) To burn (the surface of) to dryness and hardness; to cauterize; to expose to a degree of heat such as changes the color or the hardness and texture of the surface; to scorch; to make callous; as, to sear the skin or flesh. Also used figuratively..
Level :: Level (n.) An approximately horizontal line or surface at a certain degree of altitude, or distance from the center of the earth; as, to climb from the level of the coast to the level of the plateau and then descend to the level of the valley or of the sea..
Tertiary :: Tertiary (a.) Possessing some quality in the third degree; having been subjected to the substitution of three atoms or radicals; as, a tertiary alcohol, amine, or salt. Cf. Primary, and Secondary..
Very :: Very (adv.) In a high degree; to no small extent; exceedingly; excessively; extremely; as, a very great mountain; a very bright sum; a very cold day; the river flows very rapidly; he was very much hurt..
Opponency :: Opponency (n.) The act of opening an academical disputation; the proposition of objections to a tenet, as an exercise for a degree..
Shade :: Shade (n.) Degree or variation of color, as darker or lighter, stronger or paler; as, a delicate shade of pink..
About :: About (adv.) Nearly; approximately; with close correspondence, in quality, manner, degree, etc.; as, about as cold; about as high; -- also of quantity, number, time..
Unisonant :: Unisonant (a.) Being in unison; having the same degree of gravity or acuteness; sounded alike in pitch.
Tiptop :: Tiptop (n.) The highest or utmost degree; the best of anything.
Responsible :: Responsible (a.) Involving responsibility; involving a degree of accountability on the part of the person concerned; as, a responsible office..
Commence :: Commence (v. i.) To take a degree at a university.
Cointense :: Cointense (a.) Equal in intensity or degree; as, the relations between 6 and 12, and 8 and 16, are cointense..
Irrepressibly :: Irrepressibly (adv.) In a manner or to a degree that can not be repressed.
Centigrade :: Centigrade (a.) Consisting of a hundred degrees; graduated into a hundred divisions or equal parts.
Somedeal :: Somedeal (adv.) In some degree; somewhat.
Quadric :: Quadric (a.) Of or pertaining to the second degree.
Discredit :: Discredit (n.) Hence, some degree of dishonor or disesteem; ill repute; reproach; -- applied to persons or things..
Intermediate :: Intermediate (a.) Lying or being in the middle place or degree, or between two extremes; coming or done between; intervening; interposed; interjacent; as, an intermediate space or time; intermediate colors..
Ridicule :: Ridicule (n.) Remarks concerning a subject or a person designed to excite laughter with a degree of contempt; wit of that species which provokes contemptuous laughter; disparagement by making a person an object of laughter; banter; -- a term lighter than derision.
Past :: Past (prep.) Beyond, in position, or degree; further than; beyond the reach or influence of..
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