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Degree (disambiguation)
The word
degree
may refer to:
A
unit of angle measure
A
unit of temperature measurement
A
curvature measure
any of several meanings in
mathematics
An
academic award or title
A
musical term
A
symbol
used in science, engineering and mathematics
Degree
is also used in:
Family
to describe the level of kinship
Medicine
to describe the intensity of a
burn
(from
first degree
to
third degree
)
Law
to classify similar
crimes
by severity — for example,
first degree murder
Freemasonry
Knights of Columbus
In grammar, the
comparative degree
and the
superlative degree
Last updated: 05-25-2005 06:19:43
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