Definition of degree

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Degree (n.) Three figures taken together in numeration; thus, 140 is one degree, 222,140 two degrees..

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Excellently :: Excellently (adv.) In a high or superior degree; -- in this literal use, not implying worthiness..
Above :: Above (prep.) Figuratively, higher than; superior to in any respect; surpassing; beyond; higher in measure or degree than; as, things above comprehension; above mean actions; conduct above reproach..
Range :: Range (v.) An aggregate of individuals in one rank or degree; an order; a class.
Extreme :: Extreme (n.) Utmost limit or degree that is supposable or tolerable; hence, furthest degree; any undue departure from the mean; -- often in the plural: things at an extreme distance from each other, the most widely different states, etc.; as, extremes of heat and cold, of virtue and vice; extremes meet..
Act :: Act (n.) A thesis maintained in public, in some English universities, by a candidate for a degree, or to show the proficiency of a student..
Proper :: Proper (adv.) Properly; hence, to a great degree; very; as, proper good..
Imparity :: Imparity (n.) Inequality; disparity; disproportion; difference of degree, rank, excellence, number, etc..
Extremely :: Extremely (adv.) In an extreme manner or state; in the utmost degree; to the utmost point; exceedingly; as, extremely hot or cold..
Cylindroid :: Cylindroid (n.) A certain surface of the third degree, described by a moving straight line; -- used to illustrate the motions of a rigid body and also the forces acting on the body..
Conchoid :: Conchoid (n.) A curve, of the fourth degree, first made use of by the Greek geometer, Nicomedes, who invented it for the purpose of trisecting an angle and duplicating the cube..
Longitude :: Longitude (n.) The arc or portion of the equator intersected between the meridian of a given place and the meridian of some other place from which longitude is reckoned, as from Greenwich, England, or sometimes from the capital of a country, as from Washington or Paris. The longitude of a place is expressed either in degrees or in time; as, that of New York is 74ยก or 4 h. 56 min. west of Greenwich..
Proportion :: Proportion (n.) The relation or adaptation of one portion to another, or to the whole, as respect magnitude, quantity, or degree; comparative relation; ratio; as, the proportion of the parts of a building, or of the body..
Preeminently :: Preeminently (adv.) In a preeminent 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..
Essential :: Essential (a.) Important in the highest degree; indispensable to the attainment of an object; indispensably necessary.
Sovereignly :: Sovereignly (adv.) In a sovereign manner; in the highest degree; supremely.
Equivalence :: Equivalence (n.) The degree of combining power as determined by relative weight. See Equivalent, n., 2..
Most :: Most (a.) Greatest in degree; as, he has the most need of it..
Ascendant :: Ascendant (n.) An ancestor, or one who precedes in genealogy or degrees of kindred; a relative in the ascending line; a progenitor; -- opposed to descendant..
Thus :: Thus (adv.) To this degree or extent; so far; so; as, thus wise; thus peaceble; thus bold..
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