Degree

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Contents 1 Science 2 Mathematics 3 Education 4 Music 5 Law 6 Medicine 7 Grammar 8 Family 9 Intellectual property 10 Fraternal and service organizations 11 Commerce

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)

Mathematics

• Degree (mathematics), any of several meanings:
  • Degree of a polynomial
  • Degree of a field extension
  • Degree (graph theory)
  • Degree (continuous map)
  • Degrees of freedom (statistics)
  • Degrees of freedom (engineering)

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
  • University of Oxford degrees
  • External degree

Music

• Degree (music)

Law

In some jurisdictions, the severity of similar crimes — for example:

• first degree murder

Medicine

• the intensity of a burn (from first degree to third degree)

Grammar

• the comparative degree and the superlative degree (good, better, best)

Family

• the level of kinship - see consanguinity

Intellectual property

• the Degree of inventiveness

Fraternal and service organizations

• the levels of advancement within certain organizations, such as Freemasonry and the Knights of Columbus

Commerce

• Degree, a brand of antiperspirant.

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