Masters Definition–noun | 1. | Edgar Lee, 1869–1950, U.S. poet and novelist. | | 2. | William Howell, 1915–2001, U.S. physician: researcher on human sexual behavior (husband of Virginia E. Johnson). | |
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Degree Definition–noun | 1. | any of a series of steps or stages, as in a process or course of action; a point in any scale. | | 2. | a stage or point in or as if in progression or retrogression: We followed the degrees of her recovery with joy. | | 3. | a stage in a scale of intensity or amount: a high degree of mastery. | | 4. | extent, measure, scope, or the like: To what degree will he cooperate? | | 5. | a stage in a scale of rank or station; relative standing in society, business, etc.: His uncouth behavior showed him to be a man of low degree. | | 6. | Education. an academic title conferred by universities and colleges as an indication of the completion of a course of study, or as an honorary recognition of achievement. | | 7. | a unit of measure, as of temperature or pressure, marked off on the scale of a measuring instrument: This thermometer shows a scale of degrees between only 20° and 40° C. | | 8. | Geometry. the 360th part of a complete angle or turn, often represented by the sign°, as in 45°, which is read as 45 degrees. Compare angle 1 (def. 1c). | | 9. | the distinctive classification of a crime according to its gravity: murder in the first degree. | | 10. | Grammar. one of the parallel formations of adjectives and adverbs used to express differences in quality, quantity, or intensity. In English, low and careful are the positive degree, lower and more careful are the comparative degree, lowest and most careful are the superlative degree. | | 11. | Mathematics. | a. | the sum of the exponents of the variables in an algebraic term: x3 and 2x2y are terms of degree three. | | b. | the term of highest degree of a given equation or polynomial: The expression 3x2y + y2 + 1 is of degree three. | | c. | the exponent of the
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derivative of highest order appearing in a given differential equation. | | | 12. | Music. a tone or step of the scale. | | 13. | Astrology. any of the 360 equal divisions of the ecliptic measured counterclockwise from the vernal equinox. Each of the 12 signs of the zodiac contains 30 degrees. | | 14. | a certain distance or remove in the line of descent, determining the proximity of relationship: a cousin of the second degree. | | 15. | Archaic. a line or point on the earth or the celestial sphere, as defined by degrees of latitude. | | 16. | Obsolete. a step, as of a stair. | —Idioms | 17. | by degrees, by easy stages; gradually: She grew angrier by degrees. | | 18. | to a degree, | a. | to a considerable extent; exceedingly. | | b. | to a small extent; somewhat: He is to a degree difficult to get along with. | | |
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Related topics from Britannicamaster's degree
a type of academic degree. See degree.degree
in education, any of several titles conferred by colleges and universities to indicate the completion of a course of study or the extent of academic achievement.Masters and Johnson
American research team noted for their studies of human sexuality. William H. Masters (in full William Howell Masters; b. Dec. 27, 1915, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S., -d. Feb. 16, 2001, Tucson, Ariz., ), a ...
Masters, William Howell
American gynecologist (b. Dec. 27, 1915, Cleveland, Ohio-d. Feb. 16, 2001, Tucson, Ariz.), was a pioneer in the field of human sexuality research and therapy. With partner Virginia Johnson, who later ...
Eckhart,
Dominican theologian and writer who was the greatest German speculative mystic. In the transcripts of his sermons in German and Latin, he charts the course of union between the individual soul and ...
Japan
Institutions of higher education-of which there are now more than 1,100-consist of junior colleges, lasting for two to three years, and ordinary colleges and universities, lasting for four years. A ...
Central Oklahoma, University of
public, coeducational institution of higher learning in Edmond, Oklahoma, U.S. It consists of the colleges of Arts, Media, and Design; Business Administration; Education; Liberal Arts; and ...
Ostwald, Wilhelm
Ostwald was the second son of Gottfried Ostwald, a master cooper, and Elisabeth Leuckel, both descendants of German immigrants. After his early education in Riga, he enrolled in 1872 at the ...
Chicago State University
public, coeducational institution of higher learning in Chicago, Illinois, U.S. The university was established in 1867 as an experimental teacher-training school. It offers bachelor's degree programs ...
dentistry
Dental public health is recognized as a specialty in Canada and the United States. The American Dental Association recognizes dental public health as a specialty if the holder of the master's degree ...
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