ETYM French degré, Old Fren. degret, from Late Lat. degradare. Related to Degrade.
1. A measure for arcs and angles; SYN. arcdegree.
2. A position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality; SYN. grade, level.
3. A specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process; SYN. level, stage, point.
4. A unit of temperature on a specified scale.
5. The highest power of a term or variable.
6. The seriousness of something (e.g., a burn or crime).
An incremental value in the temperature scale, i.e., there are 100[s] between the ice point and the boiling point of water in the Celsius scale and 180[s]F between the same two points in the Fahrenheit scale. + prikaži više

(Homonym: gauge).
An obligation or pledge. Token of defiance or challenge; thing deposited as pledge of performance.

ETYM Written also gage.
(Homonym: gage)
Any scientific measuring instrument—for example, a wire gauge or a pressure gauge. The term is also applied to the width of a railroad or tramway track.
An instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity or for testing conformity with a standard; SYN. gage.

ETYM Old Eng. mesure, French mesure, Latin mensura, from metiri, mensus, to measure; akin to metrum poetical measure, Greek metron, Eng. meter. Related to Immense, Mensuration, Mete to measure.
1. Magnitude as determined by measurement or calculation; SYN. measurement.
2. The quantity or amount of something; SYN. quantity, amount, sum.
3. A measuring instrument having a sequence of marks at regular intervals; used as a reference in making measurements; SYN. measuring rod, measuring stick.
4. Any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal; SYN. step.
5. Notation for a sequence of musical beats; written followed by a vertical bar; SYN. bar. + prikaži više

The act or process of measuring; SYN. measuring, measure, mensuration.

ETYM Old Eng. mesure, French mesure, Latin mensura, from metiri, mensus, to measure; akin to metrum poetical measure, Greek metron, Eng. meter. Related to Immense, Mensuration, Mete to measure.
1. Magnitude as determined by measurement or calculation; SYN. measurement.
2. The quantity or amount of something; SYN. quantity, amount, sum.
3. A measuring instrument having a sequence of marks at regular intervals; used as a reference in making measurements; SYN. measuring rod, measuring stick.
4. Any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal; SYN. step.
5. Notation for a sequence of musical beats; written followed by a vertical bar; SYN. bar. + prikaži više