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'''Degree''', in the sense of measurement, is used to indicate:
* [[comparative|Comparative degree]] ("good", "better") and [[superlative|superlative degree]] ("best")
* Severity of similar crimes (in some jurisdictions) — for example [[first degree murder]]
* Intensity of a [[Burn (injury)|burn]] (from ''first degree'' to ''third degree'')
* Level of kinship ([[consanguinity]])
* [[Level of Invention|Degree of inventiveness]] in inventions and patents
'''Degree''' may also refer to:
In '''science''':
* [[Degree (angle)]], a unit of angle measurement
* [[Degree (temperature)]], a unit of temperature measurement
* [[Degree symbol|Degree (symbol)]], (°), a notation used in science, engineering and mathematics
* [[Degree API]], a measure of density in the petroleum industry
* [[Degree Baumé]], a couple of density scales
* [[Degree Brix]], a measure of sugar concentration
* [[Degree of curvature]], a unit of curvature measurement
* [[Degrees of freedom (physics and chemistry)]]
In '''mathematics''':
* [[Degree (mathematics)]]
** [[Degree of a polynomial]]
** [[Degree of a field extension]]
** [[Degree (graph theory)]]
** [[Degree (continuous map)]]
** [[Degrees of freedom (statistics)]]
** [[Degrees of freedom (engineering)]]
In '''education''':
* [[Academic degree]], an academic award or title requiring a longer study period than a diploma
** [[Foundation degree]]
** [[Associate's degree]]
** [[Bachelor's degree]]
** [[Master's degree]]
** [[Doctorate|Doctorate degree]]
** [[Engineer's degree]]
** [[Specialist degree]]
** [[Ad eundem degree]]
** [[Honorary degree]]
** [[Lambeth degree]]
** [[External degree]]
* [[Vocational degree]], an award in [[vocational education]]
'''Degree''' may also refer to:
* [[Degree (music)]], a particular note of a scale in relation to the tonic
* [[Degree (deodorant)]], a brand of antiperspirant
* A degree of [[initiation]], often used in [[secret society|secret societies]] and some [[pagan]] religious groups - for example: [[Knights Templar (Freemason degree)]]
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