degree

degré

Unité servant à mesurer à quel point quelque chose est chaud ou froid.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : °

Expressions courantes : degrees Celsius, degrees Fahrenheit, below zero degrees

diplôme universitaire

Diplôme obtenu après avoir réussi une formation dans un établissement d’enseignement supérieur.

En anglais simple : 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?

Comment l'utiliser : degree in something (She has a degree in history.)

Synonymes : qualification

Expressions courantes : university degree, degree in something, earn a degree

degré

Unité servant à mesurer les angles ; un tour complet compte 360 degrés.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : °, arcdegree

Expressions courantes : ninety degrees, degree of rotation, one degree

degré, niveau

Importance ou intensité d’une qualité, d’un sentiment ou d’un état.

En anglais simple : 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?

Comment l'utiliser : degree of something (The job requires a high degree of patience.); to a certain/some degree (To some degree, I agree with you.)

Synonymes : extent, level, amount

Expressions courantes : degree of difficulty, to some degree, high degree

degré

Unité utilisée dans la production pour mesurer des propriétés comme l’amertume, la teinte foncée ou la densité.

En anglais simple : 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.

Expressions courantes : degrees Plato, degrees Baumé, degrees Brix

degré

Nombre d’arêtes reliées à un point donné d’un graphe ou d’un solide.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : degree of a vertex (The degree of this vertex is four.)

Synonymes : valency

Expressions courantes : vertex degree, degree three, degree of something