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de·gree
n 1 : a measure of damage to tissue caused by injury or disease - see FIRST-DEGREE BURN SECOND-DEGREE BURN THIRD-DEGREE BURN 2 a : a title conferred on students by a college, university, or professional school on completion of a unified program of study b : an academic title conferred honorarily 3 : one of the divisions or intervals marked on a scale of a measuring instrument : specif : any of various units for measuring temperature 4 : a 360th part of the circumference of a circle de*greed adj
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