Degree - As A Unit of Measurement

As A Unit of Measurement

  • Degree symbol, (°), a notation used in science, engineering and mathematics
  • Degree (angle), a unit of angle measurement
  • Degree in geographic coordinate system
  • Degree (temperature), a unit of temperature measurement
  • Degree API, a measure of density in the petroleum industry
  • Degree Baumé, a pair of density scales
  • Degree Brix, a measure of sugar concentration
  • Degree Gay-Lussac, a measure of the alcohol content of a liquid by volume, ranging from 0° to 100°
  • Degree proof, or simply proof, the alcohol content of a liquid, ranging from 0° to 175° in the UK, and from 0° to 200° in the U.S.
  • Degree of curvature, a unit of curvature measurement, used in civil engineering
  • Degrees of freedom (mechanics), the number of displacements and/or rotations needed to define the position and orientation of a body
  • Degrees of freedom (physics and chemistry), a concept describing dependence on a countable set of parameters
  • Degree of frost, a unit of temperature measurement
  • Degrees Lintner, a measure of enzymatic activity
  • Degrees Lovibond, a measure of transparency
  • Degree of unsaturation, in organic chemistry, also known as the index of hydrogen deficiency or rings plus double bonds
  • dGH, degrees of general hardness of water
  • Degree of carbonate hardness of water (degree KH)

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