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/dɪˈɡɹiː/ · noun
(education) A stage of proficiency or qualification in a course of study, now especially an award bestowed by a university/college, as a certification of academic achievement. (In the United States, can include secondary schools.).
She has two bachelor's degrees and is studying towards a master's degree.
A right angle is a ninety-degree angle.
Most humans have a field of vision of almost 180 degrees.
212 degrees Fahrenheit is equal to 100 degrees Celsius.
Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius.
A quadratic polynomial is a polynomial of degree 2.
The set of complex numbers constitutes a field extension of degree 2 over the real numbers.
The Galois field #92;operatorname#123;GF#125;(125)#61;#92;operatorname#123;GF#125;(5³) has degree 3 over its subfield #92;operatorname#123;GF#125;(5).
Use degree when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Degree means (education) A stage of proficiency or qualification in a course of study, now especially an award bestowed by a university/college, as a certification of academic achievement. (In the United States, can include secondary schools.).
Common synonyms include °, arcdegree, compass, degree.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
She has two bachelor's degrees and is studying towards a master's degree.
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