degree

度

ものがどれほど熱いか冷たいかを測る単位。

やさしい英語で： 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.

類義語： °

よく使う表現： degrees Celsius, degrees Fahrenheit, below zero degrees

学位

大学などの所定の課程を修了して得る資格。

やさしい英語で： 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?

使い方： degree in something (She has a degree in history.)

類義語： qualification

よく使う表現： university degree, degree in something, earn a degree

度

角度を測る単位。一周は360度。

やさしい英語で： 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.

類義語： °, arcdegree

よく使う表現： ninety degrees, degree of rotation, one degree

程度、度合い

性質や感情、状態がどれほど強いか、どれほどあるか。

やさしい英語で： 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?

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

類義語： extent, level, amount

よく使う表現： degree of difficulty, to some degree, high degree

度

製造で、苦さや色の濃さ、密度などの性質を測る単位。

やさしい英語で： 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.

よく使う表現： degrees Plato, degrees Baumé, degrees Brix

次数

グラフや立体のある頂点につながっている辺の数。

やさしい英語で： 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.

使い方： degree of a vertex (The degree of this vertex is four.)

類義語： valency

よく使う表現： vertex degree, degree three, degree of something