degree
232
1.0
- noun
- /dɪˈɡri/
- The angle of the triangle was measured to be 45 degrees.
- 90 degrees
- 180 degrees
- 360 degrees
Loading YouTube…
Watch on YouTubeSometimes it's a pivot in just five degrees one way.
- Sometimes it's a pivot in just five degrees one way.
- That's good because you usually don't have pies and degree angle measure.
- You may need to work in degrees, and all of them have have a corresponding degree angle.
Examples
-
The screen covered a visual field of approximately 240 degrees horizontally and 100 degrees vertically.
Academic text (2017) -
Can you bring it back left about, uh, four or five degrees?
-
Port, one four zero degrees at 30%.
-
And American 11, turn 20 degrees to the right.
-
So the first column is the angle here in degrees, the second one is the distance.
-
And we're going to be using, for the most part, degrees for now to measure angles.
-
Bring the temperature up 1 0 more degrees.
-
So the hole was drilled and the five degree angle was cut.
-
"Lake Ontario curves more than three degrees... from its easternmost shore to its westernmost shore."
-
We use two thumbs, and they rotate 180 degrees around the palm, much more than human thumbs.
Academic text (2008)
Synonyms
9
8.2
A short form of degree used to measure angles or temperature
A unit for measuring angles equal to one part of a circle divided into 360 equal parts
Idioms
Compounds
41
2.7
A degree you get after finishing three to four years of study at a university or college
31
3.1
A unit of temperature on the Fahrenheit scale used mainly in the United States
25
2.2
A unit for measuring temperature on the Celsius scale where water freezes at 0 and boils at 100
- Specialized
17
4.8
A very serious injury that destroys all skin layers can cause numbness and needs medical treatment
10
3.2
A qualification that a college gives after about two years of study, shorter than a bachelor's degree
- Formal
10
4.6
A title a university gives to show respect for someone's work without study or exams
- Specialized
5
6.8
A measure of how much outside temperature is below or above a set level to estimate building energy needs
3
4.4
The highest university award for advanced study and research, often called a PhD
- Specialized
3
7.4
The number of different ways an object can move or be positioned
- Specialized
2
3.4
A mild injury to the top layer of the skin that causes redness and pain without blisters
2
3.2
A certificate from a college or university that shows someone finished a course of study
1
4.0
A university qualification that universities give for better results and extra study
- Specialized
1
6.7
The number of values that can change freely in a statistical calculation
- Offensive
1
9.5
An organization that gives degrees for little or no study and is not officially recognised
- Specialized
1
4.1
The form of a describing word that shows the most of a quality, like smartest or most beautiful
1
6.3
A university undergraduate degree given to students with the highest grades
- UK
1
5.5
The day when a university celebrates students finishing their studies with a formal ceremony
- Specialized
1
4.6
A form of an adjective or adverb that shows one thing is more than another
- Offensive
A rude joke phrase people use to say someone has a lot of experience with sex
- Specialized
The base form of an adjective or adverb that shows a quality without comparison
How Large
Surface Forms
Etymology
Degree comes from the Latin root gradus, which means 'step'. People divided a circle into many little 'steps', so a degree is one small step of the full 360 steps around a circle.