[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/degree/) [dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [D](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/d/) / degree # degree noun (degree, degrees) «degree» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova. ## Everyday 1. A degree is a unit for measuring how hot or cold something is. Water freezes at 0 degrees Celsius. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/degree/#m1) 2. A degree is a unit for measuring the size of an angle. A right angle is 90 degrees. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/degree/#m2) 3. A degree is what you get when you finish college or university. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/degree/#m3) 4. «To some degree» means a bit, partly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/degree/#m4) 5. “By degrees” means gradually, little by little. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/degree/#m5) ### In the lessons maths: a unit of temperature (rises and falls) or of angles (right angle 90, straight line 180, full turn 360; a triangle's angles add up to 180); science: thermometers, Celsius and Fahrenheit, a fever; everyday life: weather reports; written ° as in 20° ### Examples - It was 15 degrees in the morning and 22 degrees at noon. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/degree/#x1) - The temperature fell 6 degrees. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/degree/#x2) - A right angle is 90 degrees. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/degree/#x3) - The angles of a triangle add up to 180 degrees. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/degree/#x4) - Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/degree/#x5) - Turn 360 degrees to make a full turn. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/degree/#x6) - It is 75 degrees Fahrenheit today. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/degree/#x7) - My sister got a degree in science. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/degree/#x8) - The natives came by degrees to be less fearful of danger from me. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/degree/#x9) ### Note A unit: rises add, falls subtract; angle sums are fixed (triangle 180, straight line 180, full turn 360). Trap: temperatures below zero go negative. Celsius and Fahrenheit degrees are different: 0 °C = 32 °F. ## In Jewish tradition Interpretation: Sefer Yetzirah's "paths" are said to be stages or levels of power. In Kings it means a step on a sundial, when the shadow went back ten degrees as a sign for Hezekiah. In Psalms "low degree" and "high degree" mean humble and high rank. In the primary lessons: maths: a unit of temperature (rises and falls) or of angles (right angle 90, straight line 180, full turn 360; a triangle's angles add up to 180); science: thermometers, Celsius and Fahrenheit, a fever; everyday life: weather reports; written ° as in 20° ### Examples - 3) Paths denote powers, effects, kinds, forms, degrees or stages. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/degree/#x1) - C. to denote the absence of degrees, minutes, or seconds in their sexagesi- mal notation. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/degree/#x2) - And Hezekiah answered: 'It is a light thing for the shadow to decline ten degrees; nay, but let the shadow return backward ten degrees.' (Prophets 2KI.20.10, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/degree/#x3) - And Isaiah the prophet cried unto the LORD; and he brought the shadow ten degrees backward, by which it had gone down on the dial of Ahaz. (Prophets 2KI.20.11, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/degree/#x4) - Men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie; if they be laid in the balances, they are together lighter than vanity. (Writings PSA.62.10, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/degree/#x5) ### Note A unit: rises add, falls subtract; angle sums are fixed (triangle 180, straight line 180, full turn 360). Trap: temperatures below zero go negative. Celsius and Fahrenheit degrees are different: 0 °C = 32 °F. ## On Mova - [Trees and pragmatics of «degree» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/degree/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«degree» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/degree.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of «degree» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/degree/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«degree» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/degree.html) on Mova free.