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degree
A unit of angular measurement; for example, a circle is divided into 360 degrees.
Degrees are indicated by the ° symbol, so 50° means 50 degrees.
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degree, °C
Symbol for degrees Celsius; sometimes, called centigrade.
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(the hundred-degree temperature interval gave us the name scale of centigrade from the Latin centum, "hundred" and gradus, "step")
(Old English: (first meaning), more forward; (current meaning), in addition, to a grater degree)
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coefficient of relationship, coefficient of relatedness, degree of relatedness (s) (noun); coefficient of relationships; coefficient of relatednesses; degree of relatednesses (pl)
The degree of blood kinship between two individuals: Coefficient of relationship is the probability that a gene possessed by one organism is also possessed by another organism through common descent in the previous few generations.
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