degree
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7.4
- noun
- /dɪˈɡri/
- Specialized
:
grado
- In the polynomial x^5 + 3x^3 - x + 2, the highest degree is five.
- first-degree polynomial
- second-degree polynomial
- a high-degree polynomial
It's a lower order or degree or power.
- It's a lower order or degree or power.
- So if M&N; are both homogeneous of the same degree, so homogeneous.
Examples
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Now she plans to stay for a master's degree and become a clinical social worker.
Academic text (2017) -
We go straight from the third degree term all the way down to the constant.
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So you could say the degree of this is zero.
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So does this times this give you a degree of five?
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OK, OK, and then let's move on to degree three.
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This is nothing but the low degree extension of VI.
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I am an advocate of active classrooms with a high degree of student involvement.
Academic text (1991) -
For each hospital, we calculated the following centrality measures: Degree: a hospital's total number of connections.
Academic text (2011) -
The incorporation of technology as an integral component in music degrees is timely and perhaps overdue.
Academic text (1990) -
The mesoporosity of fly-ash-based geopolymer increases with its degree of geopolymerization.
Academic text (2017)
Synonyms
51
5.8
Number that shows how many times to multiply a number by itself
The highest power of the variable in a polynomial
Idioms
Compounds
34
2.7
A degree you get after finishing three to four years of study at a university or college
28
2.2
A unit for measuring temperature on the Celsius scale where water freezes at 0 and boils at 100
28
3.1
A unit of temperature on the Fahrenheit scale used mainly in the United States
- Specialized
11
4.8
A very serious injury that destroys all skin layers can cause numbness and needs medical treatment
- Formal
9
4.6
A title a university gives to show respect for someone's work without study or exams
3
3.2
A qualification that a college gives after about two years of study, shorter than a bachelor's degree
- Specialized
2
7.4
The number of different ways an object can move or be positioned
- Specialized
1
6.7
The number of values that can change freely in a statistical calculation
1
3.2
A certificate from a college or university that shows someone finished a course of study
- Specialized
1
3.4
A mild injury to the top layer of the skin that causes redness and pain without blisters
- Specialized
1
6.8
A measure of how much outside temperature is below or above a set level to estimate building energy needs
- Offensive
1
9.5
An organization that gives degrees for little or no study and is not officially recognised
1
4.4
The highest university award for advanced study and research, often called a PhD
1
6.3
A university undergraduate degree given to students with the highest grades
- Specialized
A form of an adjective or adverb that shows one thing is more than another
- UK
The day when a university celebrates students finishing their studies with a formal ceremony
- Offensive
A rude joke phrase people use to say someone has a lot of experience with sex
A university qualification that universities give for better results and extra study
- Specialized
The base form of an adjective or adverb that shows a quality without comparison
- Specialized
The form of a describing word that shows the most of a quality, like smartest or most beautiful
Surface Forms
Etymology
Degree comes from the Latin root gradus, which means 'step' or 'stage'. In algebra, the degree is the highest 'step' or power the variable reaches, so it shows the level of the expression.