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A completed curriculum of study in tertiary education.
- She has two bachelor's degrees and is studying towards a master's degree.
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A unit of measurement of angle equal to ¹⁄₃₆₀ of a circle's circumference.
- A right angle is a ninety-degree angle.
- Most humans have a field of vision of almost 180 degrees.
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A unit of measurement of temperature on any of several scales, such as Celsius or Fahrenheit.
- 212 degrees Fahrenheit is equal to 100 degrees Celsius.
- Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius.
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The sum of the exponents of a term; the order of a polynomial.
- A quadratic polynomial is a polynomial of degree 2.
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The dimensionality of a field extension.
- The set of complex numbers constitutes a field extension of degree 2 over the real numbers.
- The Galois field #92;operatorname#123;GF#125;(125)#61;#92;operatorname#123;GF#125;(5³) has degree 3 over its subfield #92;operatorname#123;GF#125;(5).
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The number of edges that a vertex takes part in; a valency.
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The number of logical connectives in a formula.
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The curvature of a circular arc, expressed as the angle subtended by a fixed length of arc or chord.
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A unit of measurement of latitude and longitude which together identify a location on the Earth's surface.
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Any of the stages (like positive, comparative, superlative, elative) in the comparison of an adjective or an adverb.
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