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сте́пень — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • degree noun An academic qualification awarded by a college or university on completion of a course of study.
  • exponent noun A person who supports and explains an idea or belief.
  • extent noun The area, range, or degree to which something covers or applies.
  • grade noun A mark or score showing how well someone did on a test or in a course.
  • level adj Flat and even; at the same height throughout, or matching a given height.
  • notch noun A V-shaped or angular cut or indentation in an edge or surface.
  • order noun The arrangement of things in a particular sequence or pattern.
  • power noun The ability to do something, or to control and influence people or events.

Senses

сте́пень is used for these senses in English:

  • degree (education) A stage of proficiency or qualification in a course of study, now especially an award bestowed by a university/college, as a certification of academic achievement. (In the United States, can include secondary schools.) [from 14th c.]
  • degree (graph theory) The number of edges that a vertex takes part in; a valency.
  • degree The amount that an entity possesses a certain property; relative intensity, extent. [from 14th c.]
  • exponent (mathematics) The number by which a value (called the base) is said to be raised to a power in exponentiation: for example, the 3 in 2^3=8.
  • extent The space, area, volume, point, or abstract location, to which something extends.
  • grade A degree or level of something; a position within a scale; a degree of quality.
  • level Degree or amount.
  • notch (informal) A level or degree.

degree — full definition

  1. noun An academic qualification awarded by a college or university on completion of a course of study.
  2. noun A unit for measuring angles or temperature.
  3. noun The extent or level to which something is present.

exponent — full definition

  1. noun A person who supports and explains an idea or belief.
  2. noun In exponentiation, the number indicating the power to which a base value is raised, as with the 3 in 2³=8.
  3. noun The number that shows which root to take of a value, such as the 2 in a square root.
  4. noun A sound or set of sounds in a language that shows a grammatical feature.
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