Usually means: Unit of measurement for angles.
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General (27 matching dictionaries)
  1. degree: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. degree, degree: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. degree: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. degree: Collins English Dictionary
  5. degree: Vocabulary.com
  6. Degree, degree: Wordnik
  7. -degree, degree: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. degree: Wiktionary
  9. degree: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. degree: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. degree: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. degree: Dictionary.com
  13. degree: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. degree: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Degree (Freemasonry), Degree (angle), Degree (deodorant), Degree (disambiguation), Degree (education), Degree (graph theory), Degree (music), Degree (polynomial), Degree (symbol), Degree (temperature), Degree: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Degree: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. degree: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. degree: Rhymezone
  19. degree: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. degree: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. degree: Free Dictionary
  22. degree: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. Degree, degree: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus
  24. -degree, degree: Dictionary/thesaurus
  25. degree: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary (No longer online)

Business (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. degree: Webster's New World Law Dictionary
  2. THE 'LECTRIC LAW LIBRARY'S REFERENCE ROOM (No longer online)
  3. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  4. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)
  5. Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
  6. Degree (disambiguation), -degree, degree: Legal dictionary
  7. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. degree: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. degree: Computer Telephony & Electronics Dictionary and Glossary
  3. degree: Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures
  4. Degree (Freemasonry), Degree (disambiguation), Degree (graph theory), -degree, degree: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Degree (disambiguation), -degree, degree: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Navajo Code Talkers' Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Sound-Alike Words (No longer online)
  3. DEGREE: Acronym Finder
  4. -degree, degree: Idioms

Science (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. Degree: Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics
  2. Degree: Extragalactic Astronomy
  3. degree, degree, degree, degree, degree, degree, degree, degree, degree (map of spheres): PlanetMath Encyclopedia
  4. How Many? A Dictionary of Units of Measurement (No longer online)
  5. degree: Graph Theory
  6. Weather Glossary (No longer online)
  7. DEGREE: Zoom Astronomy Glossary

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. degree: The Folk File
  2. Degree: Urban Dictionary

Tech (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  2. Glossary of Meteorology (No longer online)
  3. JPL Terms (No longer online)
  4. Rane Professional Audio Reference (No longer online)
  5. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  A stage of proficiency or qualification in a course of study, now especially an award bestowed by a university or, in some countries, a college, as a certification of academic achievement. (In the United States, can include secondary schools.)
noun:  (geometry) A unit of measurement of angle equal to ¹⁄₃₆₀ of a circle's circumference.
noun:  (physics) A unit of measurement of temperature on any of several scales, such as Celsius or Fahrenheit.
noun:  (algebra) The sum of the exponents of a term; the order of a polynomial.
noun:  (algebra, field theory) The dimensionality of a field extension.
noun:  (graph theory) The number of edges that a vertex takes part in; a valency.
noun:  (logic) The number of logical connectives in a formula.
noun:  (surveying) The curvature of a circular arc, expressed as the angle subtended by a fixed length of arc or chord.
noun:  (geography) A unit of measurement of latitude and longitude which together identify a location on the Earth's surface.
noun:  (grammar) Any of the stages (like positive, comparative, superlative, elative) in the comparison of an adjective or an adverb.
noun:  (obsolete outside heraldry) A step on a set of stairs; the rung of a ladder.
noun:  An individual step, or stage, in any process or scale of values.
noun:  A stage of rank or privilege; social standing.
noun:  (genealogy) A ‘step’ in genealogical descent.
noun:  (now rare) One's relative state or experience; way, manner.
noun:  The amount that an entity possesses a certain property; relative intensity, extent.
noun:  A surname.

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