degree in WordNet English dictionary

1. 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"
   academic degree  degree 
   
2. a measure for arcs and angles
   "there are 360 degrees in a circle"
   degree  arcdegree 
   
3. a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality
   "a moderate grade of intelligence"; "a high level of care is required"; "it is all a matter of degree"
   degree  grade  level 
   
4. the seriousness of something (e.g., a burn or crime)
   "murder in the second degree"; "a second degree burn"
   degree 
   
5. the highest power of a term or variable
   degree 
   
6. a unit of temperature on a specified scale
   "the game was played in spite of the 40-degree temperature"
   degree 
   
7. a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process
   "a remarkable degree of frankness"; "at what stage are the social sciences?"
   degree  level  stage  point