Degree

Degree may refer to:

As a unit of measurement

• Degree symbol (°), a notation used in science, engineering and mathematics
• Degree (angle), a unit of angle measurement
• Degree (temperature), a unit 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 the term with the highest exponent
• Degree of a field extension
• The degree of an algebraic number field, its degree as a field extension of the rational numbers
• 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 (statistics), the number of values in the final calculation of a statistic that are free to vary
• 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 it permutes
• Degree of a differential equation, the power of the highest derivative therein
• Degree of a root

In education

• Academic degree, an academic rank, title or award, including:
  • Foundation degree
  • Associate's degree
  • Bachelor's degree
  • Master's degree
  • Doctorate
  • Engineer's degree
  • Specialist degree
  • Ad eundem degree
  • Honorary degree
  • Lambeth degree
  • External degree
  • Microdegree
• Vocational degree, an award in vocational education

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
• The positive, comparative, and superlative degrees, in linguistics (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

Other uses

• Degree (deodorant), a brand of antiperspirant
• Degree (freemasonry)
• Kitty DeGree, Louisiana real estate developer and philanthropist
• Degree of Knights Templar (Freemasonry), a special case of a degree in freemasonry