Definition of degree

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Degree (n.) State as indicated by sum of exponents; more particularly, the degree of a term is indicated by the sum of the exponents of its literal factors; thus, a2b3c is a term of the sixth degree. The degree of a power, or radical, is denoted by its index, that of an equation by the greatest sum of the exponents of the unknown quantities in any term; thus, ax4 + bx2 = c, and mx2y2 + nyx = p, are both equations of the fourth degree..

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Range :: Range (v.) An aggregate of individuals in one rank or degree; an order; a class.
Nowise :: Nowise (n.) Not in any manner or degree; in no way; noways.
Chill :: Chill (n.) A moderate but disagreeable degree of cold; a disagreeable sensation of coolness, accompanied with shivering..
Antiquate :: Antiquate (v. t.) To make old, or obsolete; to make antique; to make old in such a degree as to put out of use; hence, to make void, or abrogate..
Excellently :: Excellently (adv.) In an excellent manner; well in a high degree.
Emphatically :: Emphatically (adv.) With emphasis; forcibly; in a striking manner or degree; preeminently.
Mediocre :: Mediocre (a.) Of a middle quality; of but a moderate or low degree of excellence; indifferent; ordinary.
Descent :: Descent (n.) A step or remove downward in any scale of gradation; a degree in the scale of genealogy; a generation.
Lower :: Lower (a.) To reduce the degree, intensity, strength, etc., of; as, to lower the temperature of anything; to lower one's vitality; to lower distilled liquors..
Graduate :: Graduate (n.) To bring to a certain degree of consistency, by evaporation, as a fluid..
Especial :: Especial (a.) Distinguished among others of the same class or kind; special; concerning a species or a single object; principal; particular; as, in an especial manner or degree..
Veneration :: Veneration (n.) The act of venerating, or the state of being venerated; the highest degree of respect and reverence; respect mingled with awe; a feeling or sentimental excited by the dignity, wisdom, or superiority of a person, by sacredness of character, by consecration to sacred services, or by hallowed associations..
Vacuum :: Vacuum (n.) A space entirely devoid of matter (called also, by way of distinction, absolute vacuum); hence, in a more general sense, a space, as the interior of a closed vessel, which has been exhausted to a high or the highest degree by an air pump or other artificial means; as, water boils at a reduced temperature in a vacuum..
Overanxious :: Overanxious (a.) Anxious in an excessive or needless degree.
Considerably :: Considerably (adv.) In a manner or to a degree not trifling or unimportant; greatly; much.
Sovereignly :: Sovereignly (adv.) In a sovereign manner; in the highest degree; supremely.
Consideration :: Consideration (n.) Claim to notice or regard; some degree of importance or consequence.
Viscosimeter :: Viscosimeter (n.) An instrument for measuring the degree of viscosity of liquids, as solutions of gum..
Much :: Much (a.) To a great degree or extent; greatly; abundantly; far; nearly.
Equivalence :: Equivalence (n.) The degree of combining power as determined by relative weight. See Equivalent, n., 2..
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