degree

Grad

Einheit, mit der man misst, wie warm oder kalt etwas ist.

In einfachem Englisch: A unit used to measure how hot or cold something is.

• It is twenty degrees outside.
• The temperature fell by five degrees.
• Heat the oven to two hundred degrees Celsius.

Synonyme: °

Häufige Wendungen: degrees Celsius, degrees Fahrenheit, below zero degrees

Hochschulabschluss

Abschluss, den man nach erfolgreichem Studium an einer Hochschule erhält.

In einfachem Englisch: A qualification you receive after successfully completing a course of study at a university or college.

• He wants to get a degree.
• She earned her degree last year.
• Does this job require a university degree?

So benutzt man es: degree in something (She has a degree in history.)

Synonyme: qualification

Häufige Wendungen: university degree, degree in something, earn a degree

Grad

Einheit zum Messen von Winkeln; ein voller Kreis hat 360 Grad.

In einfachem Englisch: A unit for measuring angles; a full circle contains 360 of these units.

• A right angle measures ninety degrees.
• Turn the handle through forty-five degrees.
• This angle is one degree smaller than that one.

Synonyme: °, arcdegree

Häufige Wendungen: ninety degrees, degree of rotation, one degree

Grad, Ausmaß

Stärke oder Umfang einer Eigenschaft, eines Gefühls oder eines Zustands.

In einfachem Englisch: The amount or strength of a quality, feeling, or condition.

• The tasks have different degrees of difficulty.
• Everyone needs some degree of privacy.
• To what degree did the changes help?

So benutzt man es: degree of something (The job requires a high degree of patience.); to a certain/some degree (To some degree, I agree with you.)

Synonyme: extent, level, amount

Häufige Wendungen: degree of difficulty, to some degree, high degree

Grad

Einheit, mit der man bei der Herstellung Eigenschaften wie Bitterkeit, Dunkelheit oder Dichte misst.

In einfachem Englisch: A unit used in production to measure qualities such as how bitter, dark, or dense something is.

• The juice measured twelve degrees Brix.
• The brewer recorded the density in degrees Plato.
• This liquid measures ten degrees Baumé.

Häufige Wendungen: degrees Plato, degrees Baumé, degrees Brix

Grad

Anzahl der Kanten, die an einem bestimmten Punkt eines Graphen oder geometrischen Körpers zusammentreffen.

In einfachem Englisch: The number of edges connected to a particular point in a graph or solid shape.

• This vertex has degree three.
• Each corner of the cube has degree three.
• Calculate the degrees of all the vertices.

So benutzt man es: degree of a vertex (The degree of this vertex is four.)

Synonyme: valency

Häufige Wendungen: vertex degree, degree three, degree of something