Definition of degree

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Degree (n.) A division, space, or interval, marked on a mathematical or other instrument, as on a thermometer..

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Questionist :: Questionist (n.) A candidate for honors or degrees who is near the time of his examination.
Ultrazodiacal :: Ultrazodiacal (a.) Outside the zodiac; being in that part of the heavens that is more than eight degrees from the ecliptic; as, ultrazodiacal planets, that is, those planets which in part of their orbits go beyond the zodiac..
Diploma :: Diploma (n.) A letter or writing, usually under seal, conferring some privilege, honor, or power; a document bearing record of a degree conferred by a literary society or educational institution..
-art :: -art () The termination of many English words; as, coward, reynard, drunkard, mostly from the French, in which language this ending is of German origin, being orig. the same word as English hard. It usually has the sense of one who has to a high or excessive degree the quality expressed by the root; as, braggart, sluggard..
Prime :: Prime (a.) First in rank, degree, dignity, authority, or importance; as, prime minister..
Pluck :: Pluck (v. t.) To reject at an examination for degrees.
Adore :: Adore (v. t.) To love in the highest degree; to regard with the utmost esteem and affection; to idolize.
Waste :: Waste (a.) To wear away by degrees; to impair gradually; to diminish by constant loss; to use up; to consume; to spend; to wear out.
Enchant :: Enchant (v. t.) To delight in a high degree; to charm; to enrapture; as, music enchants the ear..
Degree :: Degree (n.) One of a series of progressive steps upward or downward, in quality, rank, acquirement, and the like; a stage in progression; grade; gradation; as, degrees of vice and virtue; to advance by slow degrees; degree of comparison..
Orpin :: Orpin (n.) A yellow pigment of various degrees of intensity, approaching also to red..
Touch :: Touch (v. t.) To affect with insanity, especially in a slight degree; to make partially insane; -- rarely used except in the past participle..
Sovereignly :: Sovereignly (adv.) In a sovereign manner; in the highest degree; supremely.
Respectable :: Respectable (a.) Moderate in degree of excellence or in number; as, a respectable performance; a respectable audience..
Lower :: Lower (a.) To reduce the degree, intensity, strength, etc., of; as, to lower the temperature of anything; to lower one's vitality; to lower distilled liquors..
#NAME? :: -ine () A suffix, used to indicate hydrocarbons of the second degree of unsaturation; i. e., members of the acetyline series; as, hexine, heptine, etc..
Euplastic :: Euplastic (a.) Having the capacity of becoming organizable in a high degree, as the matter forming the false membranes which sometimes result from acute inflammation in a healthy person..
Gradation :: Gradation (n.) Any degree or relative position in an order or series.
Dire :: Dire (superl.) Evil in great degree; dreadful; dismal; horrible; terrible; lamentable.
Crookes Tube :: Crookes tube () A vacuum tube in which the exhaustion is carried to a very high degree, with the production of a distinct class of effects; -- so called from W. Crookes who introduced it..
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