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[di'gri:]
o độ
Đơn vị không thuộc hệ quốc tế SI dùng để đo góc phẳng. Một độ bằng pi/180 rađian.
o mức độ, bậc
§ API degree : độ API (đơn vị đo tỷ trọng theo tiêu chuẩn của viện dầu lửa Mỹ)
§ Baume degree : độ Baume
§ centigrade degree : độ bách phân
§ Engler degree : độ Engler (đơn vị đo độ nhớt của dầu nhờn và dầu điêzen)
§ Fahrenheit degree : độ Fahrenheit (1,80F - 10C)
§ degree of accuracy : mức độ chính xác
§ degree of hardness : độ cứng
§ degree of latitude : độ vĩ, vĩ độ
§ degree of longitude : độ kinh, kinh độ
§ degree of precision : độ chính xác
§ degree of saturation : độ bão hòa
§ degrees API gravity : thang tỷ trọng API
Thang phản ánh tỷ trọng của chất lỏng ví dụ dầu thô, nước, khí thiên nhiên, tính được bằng cách lấy 141,5 chia cho tỷ trọng của chất lỏng ở 60 độ F rồi trừ đi 131,5
§ degrees Celsius : độ Celsius, độ bách phân
Đơn vị không thuộc hệ SI dùng để đo nhiệt độ Một độ Celsius ứng với 1 kenvin
§ degrees of freedom : bậc tự do
Số nhỏ nhất của các biến như nhiệt độ, áp suất và nồng độ cần để xác định các biến còn lại trong hệ thống và các pha như khí, lỏng và rắn đang có mặt
Xem thêm: grade, level, level, stage, point, academic degree, arcdegree
degree noun
1 measurement of angles
VERB + DEGREE rotate (through), spin (through), turn (through) The car had spun through 180 degrees on impact.
DEGREE + NOUN angle Place the shelf at a 90 degree angle to the wall.
DEGREE + NOUN through … ~s If you study the sky through 360 degrees you will see a whole range of colours.
2 measurement of temperature
VERB + DEGREE reach Temperatures inside the burning building are estimated to have reached 600 degrees centigrade.
PREP. at … ~s Water boils at 100 degrees centigrade.
PHRASES degrees above/below zero, degrees Celsius/centigrade/Fahrenheit, minus 10, 20, etc. degrees
3 amount/level
ADJ. considerable, exceptional, extraordinary, great, high, large, remarkable, substantial, surprising, unusual, the utmost the utmost degree of freedom | fair, moderate, modest It was possible to date these remains with a fair degree of accuracy. | low, minimal, slight, small He would try anything to make her even the smallest degree happier. | lesser The tax changes will especially hit those on high incomes and, to a lesser degree, small businesses. | varying keen amateurs who work hard, with varying degrees of success | alarming, dangerous, extreme His arguments are simplistic to an extreme degree. | acceptable, adequate, meaningful, real, significant The book fails to answer the question with any acceptable degree of certainty. | appropriate, necessary, proper, requisite, right | unacceptable
PREP. in … ~s The party leaders were all found to be corrupt in varying degrees. | of … ~ employees of various degrees of ability | to a … ~ The boss sometimes follows her instincts to a dangerous degree. | with a … ~ of We all tried to find out about the bus service, with varying degrees of success. | ~ of There is a degree of risk in any sport.
PHRASES by (slow) degrees By slow degrees, the company's turnover dwindled to nothing. | in (an) equal degree I felt excitement and sadness in equal degree as I waved goodbye to my colleagues. | a greater or lesser degree We were all disappointed to a greater or lesser degree. | to the nth degree (= to an extreme degree) The children tested her patience to the nth degree.
4 qualification
ADJ. college, university | first, ordinary, undergraduate | higher, master's, postgraduate, research | BA, BEd, BSc, MA, MSc, PhD, etc. | honours | pass | good, poor | first-class, (lower/upper) second-class, third-class Candidates must have at least an upper second class honours degree. | honorary | business, medical, history, law, philosophy, etc. | professional Candidates must hold a professional degree in architecture. | external | combined, joint, joint/combined subject, joint honours a joint honours degree in Business Studies and Modern Languages | modular | part-time
VERB + DEGREE have, hold | do, take He took a degree in law then joined a law firm. | be awarded, gain, get, obtain, receive | award sb, confer on sb The university conferred on him the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws.
DEGREE + NOUN course, level
PREP. ~ in a degree in economics
n.
a moderate grade of intelligence
a high level of care is required
it is all a matter of degree
a remarkable degree of frankness
at what stage are the social sciences?
he earned his degree at Princeton summa cum laude
the game was played in spite of the 40-degree temperature
there are 360 degrees in a circle
murder in the second degree
a second degree burn
