Definition of degree

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Degree (n.) 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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Twice :: Twice (adv.) Doubly; in twofold quantity or degree; as, twice the sum; he is twice as fortunate as his neighbor..
Grandfather :: Grandfather (n.) A father's or mother's father; an ancestor in the next degree above the father or mother in lineal ascent.
Daltonism :: Daltonism (n.) Inability to perceive or distinguish certain colors, esp. red; color blindness. It has various forms and degrees. So called from the chemist Dalton, who had this infirmity..
Making-up :: Making-up (n.) The act of bringing spirits to a certain degree of strength, called proof..
So :: So (adv.) In such manner; to such degree; -- used correlatively with as or that following; as, he was so fortunate as to escape..
Astonishment :: Astonishment (n.) The overpowering emotion excited when something unaccountable, wonderful, or dreadful is presented to the mind; an intense degree of surprise; amazement..
Honorary :: Honorary (a.) Conferring honor, or intended merely to confer honor without emolument; as, an honorary degree..
Height :: Height (n.) Utmost degree in extent; extreme limit of energy or condition; as, the height of a fever, of passion, of madness, of folly; the height of a tempest..
Glean :: Glean (v. i.) To pick up or gather anything by degrees.
Obtuse :: Obtuse (superl.) Not pointed or acute; blunt; -- applied esp. to angles greater than a right angle, or containing more than ninety degrees..
Little :: Little (adv.) In a small quantity or degree; not much; slightly; somewhat; -- often with a preceding it.
Peer :: Peer (n.) A nobleman; a member of one of the five degrees of the British nobility, namely, duke, marquis, earl, viscount, baron; as, a peer of the realm..
Solubility :: Solubility (n.) The quality, condition, or degree of being soluble or solvable; as, the solubility of a salt; the solubility of a problem or intricate difficulty..
Intensely :: Intensely (adv.) To an extreme degree; as, weather intensely cold..
Feeling :: Feeling (n.) The capacity of the soul for emotional states; a high degree of susceptibility to emotions or states of the sensibility not dependent on the body; as, a man of feeling; a man destitute of feeling..
Acquaintedness :: Acquaintedness (n.) State of being acquainted; degree of acquaintance.
Corrodiate :: Corrodiate (v. t.) To eat away by degrees; to corrode.
Equality :: Equality (n.) The condition or quality of being equal; agreement in quantity or degree as compared; likeness in bulk, value, rank, properties, etc.; as, the equality of two bodies in length or thickness; an equality of rights..
Rank :: Rank (n. & v.) Elevated grade or standing; high degree; high social position; distinction; eminence; as, a man of rank..
Like :: Like (a.) To be pleased with in a moderate degree; to approve; to take satisfaction in; to enjoy.
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