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Degree may refer to:

In science:

• Degree (angle), a unit of angle measurement
• Degree (temperature), a unit of temperature measurement
• Degree (symbol), (°), a notation used in science, engineering and mathematics
• Degree of curvature, a unit of curvature measurement
• Degrees of freedom (physics and chemistry)

In mathematics:

• Degree (mathematics)
  • Degree of a polynomial
  • Degree of a field extension
  • Degree (graph theory)
  • Degree (continuous map)
  • Degrees of freedom (statistics)
  • Degrees of freedom (engineering)

In education:

• Academic degree, an academic award or title requiring a longer study period than a diploma
  • Foundation degree
  • Associate's degree
  • Bachelor's degree
  • Master's degree
  • Doctorate degree
  • Engineer's degree
  • Specialist degree
  • Ad eundem degree
  • Honorary degree
  • Lambeth degree
  • External degree

Degree may also refer to:

• Degree (music), a particular note of a scale in relation to the tonic
• Degree (deodorant), a brand of antiperspirant
• Degree (deejay), a Jamaican deejay, formerly known as General Degree

Degree, in the sense of measurement, is used to indicate:

• "good", "better" (the comparative degree) and "best" (the superlative degree)
• the severity of similar crimes (in some jurisdictions) — for example first degree murder
• the intensity of a burn (from first degree to third degree)
• the level of kinship; see consanguinity
• the degree of inventiveness in inventions and patents

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