Meaning

• A stage of proficiency or qualification in a course of study, now especially an award bestowed by a university or, in some countries, a college, as a certification of academic achievement. (In the United States, can include secondary schools.)

  "She has two bachelor's degrees and is studying towards a master's degree."

• A unit of measurement of angle equal to 1/360 of a circle's circumference.

  "A right angle is a ninety-degree angle."

• A unit of measurement of temperature on any of several scales, such as Celsius or Fahrenheit.

  "180 degrees Fahrenheit is equivalent to 100 degrees Celsius."

• The sum of the exponents of a term; the order of a polynomial.

  "A quadratic polynomial is a polynomial of degree 2."

• The dimensionality of a field extension.

  "The Galois field \operatorname{GF}(125) = \operatorname{GF}(5^3) has degree 3 over its subfield \operatorname{GF}(5)."

• The number of edges that a vertex takes part in; a valency.

• The number of logical connectives in a formula.

• The curvature of a circular arc, expressed as the angle subtended by a fixed length of arc or chord.

• A unit of measurement of latitude and longitude which together identify a location on the Earth's surface.

• (grammar) Any of the three stages (positive, comparative, superlative) in the comparison of an adjective or an adverb.

• (obsolete outside heraldry) A step on a set of stairs; the rung of a ladder.

• An individual step, or stage, in any process or scale of values.

• A stage of rank or privilege; social standing.

• (genealogy) A ‘step’ in genealogical descent.

• One's relative state or experience; way, manner.

• The amount that an entity possesses a certain property; relative intensity, extent.

  "To what degree do the two accounts of the accident concur?"

Meaning

• The whole numbers from 0 to 9 and the Arabic numerals representing them, which are combined to represent base-ten numbers.

  "The number 123.4 has four digits: the hundreds digit is 1, the tens digit is 2, the units digit is 3, and the tenths digit is 4."

• A distinct symbol representing one of an arithmetic progression of numbers between 0 and the radix.

  "Hexadecimal numeration (Base sixteen) includes the digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 but also A (=10 decimal), B, C, D, E, and F. Sixteen itself is written as the two-digit number 10."

• 1/12 the apparent diameter of the sun or moon, as a measure of the totality of an eclipse.

  "A six-digit eclipse covers half the lunar surface."

• A unit of length notionally based upon the width of an adult human finger, standardized differently in various places and times, the English digit of 1/16 foot (about 1.9 cm).

• A narrow extremity of the human hand or foot: a finger, thumb, or toe.

• Similar or similar-looking structures in other animals.

Meaning

• To point at or point out with the finger.

Meaning

• A unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot, or exactly 2.54 centimetres.

• The amount of water which would cover a surface to the depth of an inch, used as a measurement of rainfall.

• The amount of an alcoholic beverage which would fill a glass or bottle to the depth of an inch.

• A very short distance.

  ""Don't move an inch!""

Meaning

• A small island