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Degree may refer to:

In 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

In mathematics:

In education:

Academic degree, an academic award or title requiring a longer study period than a diploma

Degree may also refer to:

Degree (music), a particular note of a scale in relation to the tonic

Degree (deodorant), a brand of antiperspirant

Degree (deejay), a Jamaican deejay, formerly known as General Degree

Degree, in the sense of measurement, is used to indicate:

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

the severity of similar crimes (in some jurisdictions) — for example first degree murder

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

the level of kinship; see consanguinity

Degree

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