(n.) One of a series of progressive steps upward or downward, in quality, rank, acquirement, and the like; a stage in progression; grade; gradation; as, degrees of vice and virtue; to advance by slow degrees; degree of comparison.
(n.) The point or step of progression to which a person has arrived; rank or station in life; position.
(n.) Measure of advancement; quality; extent; as, tastes differ in kind as well as in degree.
(n.) Grade or rank to which scholars are admitted by a college or university, in recognition of their attainments; as, the degree of bachelor of arts, master, doctor, etc.
(n.) A certain distance or remove in the line of descent, determining the proximity of blood; one remove in the chain of relationship; as, a relation in the third or fourth degree.
(n.) Three figures taken together in numeration; thus, 140 is one degree, 222,140 two degrees.
(n.) State as indicated by sum of exponents; more particularly, the degree of a term is indicated by the sum of the exponents of its literal factors; thus, a2b3c is a term of the sixth degree. The degree of a power, or radical, is denoted by its index, that of an equation by the greatest sum of the exponents of the unknown quantities in any term; thus, ax4 + bx2 = c, and mx2y2 + nyx = p, are both equations of the fourth degree.
(n.) A 360th part of the circumference of a circle, which part is taken as the principal unit of measure for arcs and angles. The degree is divided into 60 minutes and the minute into 60 seconds.
(n.) A division, space, or interval, marked on a mathematical or other instrument, as on a thermometer.
(n.) A line or space of the staff.
Example Sentences:
(1) Tryptic digestion of the membranes caused complete disappearance of the binding activity, but heat-treatment for 5 min at 70 degrees C caused only 40% loss of activity.
(2) A slight varus angle of 2.1 degrees became apparent.
(3) The optimal size for stimulation was between 5 degrees and 12 degrees (visual angle).
(4) Between 25 and 40 degrees C, the thermal dependencies of VR and f were approximately constant (Q10's of 1.31 and 1.36 got VR and f, respectively).
(5) Ethanol and L-ethionine induce acute steatosis without necrosis, whereas azaserine, carbon tetrachloride, and D-galactosamine are known to produce steatosis with varying degrees of hepatic necrosis.
(6) Estimations of the degree of incorporation of 14C from the radioactive labeled carbohydrate into the glycerol and fatty acid moieties were carried out.
(7) The results demonstrated that K2PtCl4 was bound to a greater degree than CDDP in this system with 3-5 and 1-2 platinum atoms respectively, bound per transferrin molecule.
(8) However, the degree of sedation caused by diphenhydramine was significantly greater than that caused by cimetidine (P = .0001).
(9) The amino acid pools in Chinese hamster lung V79 cells were measured as a function of time during hyperthermic exposure at 40.5 degrees and 45.0 degrees C. Sixteen of the 20 protein amino acids were present in sufficient quantity to measure accurately.
(10) Augmentation of transformation response was generally not seen at 40 degrees C; incubation at that temperature was associated with decreased cellular viability.
(11) Sperm were examined at 4.5 h, 8 to 9 h, and 24 to 25 h of incubation (37 degrees C, 5% CO2, and 95% air).
(12) The 40 degrees C heating induced an increase in systolic, diastolic, average and pulse pressure at rectal temperature raised to 40 degrees C. Further growth of the body temperature was accompanied by a decrease in the above parameters.
(13) It was also shown that after a shock at 44 degrees C teratocarcinoma cells were able to accumulate anomalous amounts of hsp 70 despite hsp 70 synthesis inhibition.
(14) This analysis demonstrated that more than 75% of cosmids containing a rare restriction site also contained a second rare restriction site, suggesting a high degree of CpG-rich restriction site clustering.
(15) When the eye was dissected into anterior uveal, scleral, and retinal complexes, prostaglandin D2 was formed in the highest degree in all the complexes, whereas prostaglandin E2 and F2 alpha formation was specific to given ocular regions.
(16) The tilt was reproduced with a typical spread of about 10 degrees.
(17) The degree of increase in Meth responsiveness elicited by the initial provocation is a major factor in determining the airway response to a subsequent HS challenge.
(18) In particular, inflammatory reaction was significantly more frequent and severe in ischemic groups than in controls, independent of the degree of coronary stenosis.
(19) The half-life of the enzyme at 85 degrees C was 40 min.
(20) Comparison of developmental series of D. merriami and T. bottae revealed that the decline of the artery in the latter species is preceded by a greater degree of arterial coarctation, or narrowing, as it passes though the developing stapes.
Farthest
Definition:
(Superl.) Most distant or remote; as, the farthest degree. See Furthest.
(adv.) At or to the greatest distance. See Furthest.
Example Sentences:
(1) Two of them, extending farthest into the 5' and 3' direction respectively, were characterized by restriction mapping and Southern hybridization as well as by electron microscopic analysis of hybrids between the cloned DNA and ovomucoid mRNA.
(2) In the outer stripe only those proximal straight tubules (P3 segments) farthest from the vascular bundles were damaged.
(3) Dissection of the femoral nerve below the inguinal ligament and its branch(es) to an uninvolved area of the quadricepts the farthest from the location of the tumor is essential.
(4) First and farthest to spread was gas-light iodine 131, which tends to accumulate in the thyroid gland – it was quickly detected as far away as Tokyo.
(5) In the inner stripe only those thick ascending loops of Henle at the periphery of the vascular bundles escaped damage; all thick ascending loops of Henle lying farthest from the bundles were severely damaged.
(6) The interior of the molecule has extensive base-paired regions which connect distant regions of the molecule; the farthest being 2500 nucleotides apart.
(7) The farthest reaching proposals in more than a decade for the funding of long-term care for the elderly and disabled have met with a cautious government response , amid fears in Whitehall over the £1.7bn cost of the scheme.
(8) Visual fatigue was determined by the changes of visuognosis persistent time, nearest and farthest point in nearvision, and accommodation from before to after classes.
(9) These intermediates accumulated during excision of RNA primers in the presence of adenine 9-beta-D-arabinoside 5'-triphosphate, and those Okazaki fragments blocked by RNA primers (class III) were found to have originated the farthest from the 5' ends of long nascent DNA strands.
(10) It was assumed that items that maximally instantiated the rule were those farthest from the category boundary that separated small and large stimuli.
(11) In fact, observations established that older pedestrians were the safest age group, standing the farthest away from traffic.
(12) The compressive method was practiced instinctively in farthest antiquity.
(13) The general law of local regulation of the circulation and the "law of behaviour" of vascular smooth muscle are proposed on the basis of precise definition of hierarchically interrelated aims of the circulation: 1) stabilization of substances and heat fluxes through the tissue, 2) stabilization of the tissue environment at farthest points from the supplying vessels, and 3) minimization of circulating blood volume.
(14) The various experimental conditions incorporated binaural and monaural listening with the latter utilizing the ear nearest or ear farthest from the sound source.
(15) Muscles located farthest from the spine also played an important role as the trunk became more asymmetric.
(16) Nodes nearest to tumor showed least reaction; nodes at intermediate distances from tumor were most reactive, while those farthest away showed mostly little reaction.
(17) Le Guin won a national book award for The Farthest Shore in 1973, and on Wednesday reflected on the industry, which has undergone profound change in the more than four decades between these literary achievements.
(18) Similarly, the human gamma-globin gene is silenced earlier when present farthest from the LCR.
(19) This week, 40 years after the third Earthsea book, The Farthest Shore , won the National Book award in children’s literature, Le Guin has been awarded the Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, presented to her by Neil Gaiman in New York.
(20) With a mean of 6.9 mm, the apices of the mesial roots of the first molars were farthest from the canal.