Noun
1. a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality;
"a moderate degree of intelligence""a high level of care is required""it is all a matter of degree"2. a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process;
"a remarkable degree of frankness""at what stage are the social sciences?"3. an award conferred by a college or university signifying that the recipient has satisfactorily completed a course of study;
"he earned his degree at Princeton summa cum laude"4. a unit of temperature on a specified scale;
"the game was played in spite of the 40-degree temperature"5. a measure for arcs and angles;
"there are 360 degrees in a circle"6. the highest power of a term or variable
7. the seriousness of something (e.g., a burn or crime);
"murder in the second degree""a second degree burn"