in+any+degree

  • 11Degree of a surface — Degree De*gree , n. [F. degr[ e], OF. degret, fr. LL. degradare. See {Degrade}.] 1. A step, stair, or staircase. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] By ladders, or else by degree. Rom. of R. [1913 Webster] 2. One of a series of progressive steps upward or… …

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  • 12Degree of latitude — Degree De*gree , n. [F. degr[ e], OF. degret, fr. LL. degradare. See {Degrade}.] 1. A step, stair, or staircase. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] By ladders, or else by degree. Rom. of R. [1913 Webster] 2. One of a series of progressive steps upward or… …

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  • 13Degree of longitude — Degree De*gree , n. [F. degr[ e], OF. degret, fr. LL. degradare. See {Degrade}.] 1. A step, stair, or staircase. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] By ladders, or else by degree. Rom. of R. [1913 Webster] 2. One of a series of progressive steps upward or… …

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  • 14degree — [di grē′] n. [ME degre < OFr degré, degree, step, rank < VL * degradus < degradare: see DEGRADE] 1. any of the successive steps or stages in a process or series 2. a step in the direct line of descent [a cousin in the second degree] 3.… …

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  • 15degree — In Sheridan s The Rivals (1775), we find the assertion Assuredly, sir, your father is wrath to a degree, meaning ‘your father is extremely cross’. The use survived in more florid English into the 20c and was accepted by Fowler (1926) ‘however… …

    Modern English usage

  • 16degree of freedom — degree′ of free′dom n. 1) sta any of the statistically independent values of a sample that are used to determine a property of the sample, as the mean or variance 2) sta chem. any of the independent variables required to specify the energy of a… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 17any — ► DETERMINER & PRONOUN 1) one or some of a thing or number of things, no matter how much or how many. 2) whichever or whatever one chooses. ► ADVERB ▪ at all; in some degree. USAGE When used as a pronoun any can be used with either a singular or… …

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  • 18in any degree under the influence of intoxicating liquor — Intoxicated. Anno: 13 ALR2d 1003 …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 19Degree (graph theory) — A graph with vertices labeled by degree In graph theory, the degree (or valency) of a vertex of a graph is the number of edges incident to the vertex, with loops counted twice.[1] The degree of a vertex …

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  • 20degree — degreed, adj. degreeless, adj. /di gree /, n. 1. any of a series of steps or stages, as in a process or course of action; a point in any scale. 2. a stage or point in or as if in progression or retrogression: We followed the degrees of her… …

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