degree

A specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process.

“a remarkable degree of frankness”

A measure for arcs and angles.

“there are 360 degrees in a circle”

An award conferred by a college or university signifying that the recipient has satisfactorily completed a course of study.

“he earned his degree at Princeton summa cum laude”

A position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality.

“it is all a matter of degree”

A unit of temperature on a specified scale.

“the game was played in spite of the 40-degree temperature”

The highest power of a term or variable.

The seriousness of something (e.g., a burn or crime).

“murder in the second degree”

“a second degree burn”