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 
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  DCR  TCR  ti·queur 
 
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