Degree

• Degree (angle), a unit of angle measurement • Degree of geographical latitude • Degree of geographical longitude • Degree symbol (°), a notation used in science, engineering, and mathematics • Degree (temperature), any of various units of temperature measurement • Degree API, a measure of density in the petroleum industry • Degree Baumé, a pair of density scales • Degree Brix, a measure of sugar concentration • Degree Gay-Lussac, a measure of the alcohol content of a liquid by volume, ranging from 0° to 100° • Degree proof, or simply proof, the alcohol content of a liquid, ranging from 0° to 175° in the UK, and from 0° to 200° in the U.S. • Degree of curvature, a unit of curvature measurement, used in civil engineering • Degrees of freedom (mechanics), the number of displacements or rotations needed to define the position and orientation of a body • Degrees of freedom (physics and chemistry), a concept describing dependence on a countable set of parameters • Degree of frost, a unit of temperature measurement • Degrees Lintner, a measure of enzymatic activity • Degrees Lovibond, a measure of transparency • Degree of unsaturation, in organic chemistry, also known as the index of hydrogen deficiency or rings plus double bonds • dGH, degrees of general hardness of water • Degree of carbonate hardness of water (degree KH) == In mathematics ==

• Degree of a polynomial, the exponent of its term with the highest exponent • Degree of a field extension • Degree of an algebraic number field, its degree as a field extension of the rational numbers • Degree of an algebraic variety • Degree (graph theory), or valency, the number of edges incident to a vertex of a graph • Degree of a continuous mapping, a generalization of winding number • Degrees of freedom, the number of parameters of a system that may vary independently • Degree of a character in representation theory • Degree of unsolvability in recursion theory • Degree of a central simple algebra • Degree of a permutation group, the number of elements that are permuted • Degree of a differential equation, the power of the highest derivative therein • Degree of a th root == In education ==

Academic degree, an academic rank, title or award • Substantive degree ranks from lowest to highest • Academic certificate • Foundation degree • Associate's degree • Bachelor's degree • Master's degree • Doctorate degree • Professional degree • Particular degrees (focus or method) • Engineer's degree • Specialist degree • Lambeth degree • External degree • Microdegree • Honorary degrees • Ad eundem degree • Honorary degree • Other • Vocational degree • Honours degree == Other measures ==

• Degree (music), identification of a note in a scale by its relation to the tonic • Degree of inventiveness in inventions and patents • Degree of separation in connectivity between groups (first degree is closest) • Degree of relationship, in kinship between individuals (first degree is closest) • Consanguinity, or level of kinship • Comparison (grammar) - degrees of comparison include positive, comparative, and superlative (e.g. "good", "better", and "best", respectively) • The severity of a crime, e.g., first degree murder (first degree is worst) • The intensity of a burn (the higher the worse) • A level of initiation, often used in fraternal organizations • A ranking of black belt, in certain martial arts == People ==

• Asha Jaquilla Degree (born 1990), an American child who went missing in 2000 == Brands ==

• Da Degrees, Canadian record label and hip hop collective • Degree (deodorant), a brand of antiperspirant == Other uses ==

• Degree (freemasonry) • Degree of Knights Templar (Freemasonry), a special case of a degree in freemasonry == See also ==