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51degree — /dI gri:/ noun 1 ANGLES/TEMPERATURE (C) a unit of measurement, especially for temperature or angles 2 AMOUNT (C, U) the amount of a quality that exists or how much something happens (+ of): People will choose the party that offers some degree of… …
52Degree day — A degree day is a measure of heating or cooling. Totalized degree days from an appropriate starting date are used to plan the planting of crops and management of pests and pest control timing. Weekly or monthly degree day figures may also be used …
53Degree of comparison — Grammatical categories Animacy Aspect Case Clusivity Definiteness Degree of comparison Evidentiality …
54Degree of unsaturation — The degree of unsaturation (also known as the index of hydrogen deficiency (IHD) or rings plus double bonds[1]) formula is used in organic chemistry to help draw chemical structures. The formula lets the user determine how many rings, double… …
55degree — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Step in a series Nouns degree, grade, extent, measure, amount, ratio, standard, height, pitch; reach, amplitude, range, scope, caliber; gradation, graduation, shade; echelon; station, estate, status,… …
56Degree (temperature) — For other uses, see Degree (disambiguation). The term degree is used in several scales of temperature. The symbol ° is usually used, followed by the initial letter of the unit, for example “°C” for degree(s) Celsius. A degree can be defined as a… …
57degree — de|gree [ dı gri ] noun *** 1. ) count or uncount an amount of something such as a feeling or a quality: The job requires a high degree of skill. The schools have had varying degrees of success in improving their test scores. some degree of… …
58degree — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French degré, from Vulgar Latin *degradus, from Latin de + gradus Date: 13th century 1. a step or stage in a process, course, or order of classification < advanced by degrees > 2 …
59Degree of an algebraic variety — The degree of an algebraic variety in mathematics is defined, for a projective variety V, by an elementary use of intersection theory. For V embedded in a projective space Pn and defined over some algebraically closed field K, the degree d of V… …
60degree — 01. Her mother has a [degree] in Behavioral Psychology. 02. She got a good job in advertising after completing her [degree] in graphic design. 03. Millard Fuller once said that it s not your blue blood, your pedigree or your college [degree]; it… …
