Any one of several units for measuring hardness of water, such as the English or Clark degree, the French degree, and the German degree.

One of the units in any of various scales of specific gravity, such as the Baumé scale.

1. A unit for measurement of plane angles, equal to 1/360 of a complete revolution, or 1/90 of a right angle. Symbolized °.

2. For a term in one variable, the exponent of that variable.

3. For a term in several variables, the sum of the exponents of its variables.

4. For a polynomial, the degree of the highest-degree term.

5. For a differential equation, the greatest power to which the highest-order derivative occurs.

6. For an algebraic curve defined by the polynomial equation f (x,y ) = 0, the degree of the polynomial f (x,y ).

7. For a vertex in a graph, the number of arcs which have that vertex as an end point.

One of the units of temperature or temperature difference in any of various temperature scales, such as the Celsius, Fahrenheit, and Kelvin temperature scales (the Kelvin degree is now known as the kelvin).