degree
a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain degree as a position on a scale, relay usage, related terms and other senses from dictionary and domain sources, describe the named aliases, and distinguish this sense from degrees as units, academic qualifications, burns classification and mathematical degree.
In the WordNet sense, a position on a scale of intensity, amount or quality, with synonyms and hyponyms the registry aliases name such as intensity and intensiveness, severity and severeness, and badness and foulness, which describe degrees of negative quality; degree also has many other senses, such as units of angle and temperature, academic degrees, degrees of kinship, polynomial degree and degrees of burns, which are different entries.
What it is for: Expressing extent or intensity.
It can be explain the scale sense; relay related terms; note other senses; distinguish related uses.
Distinguishing features
Scalar meaning
Polysemous word
Negative quality hyponyms
Grammatical degree modifiers
What it looks like
Not a physical object; a word expressing extent.
Physical character
WordNet hypernym: magnitude note
other senses: many note - units, education, kinship, mathematics
related adverbs: somewhat, highly, extremely note - degree modifiers
How it is recognised
Position on a scale of intensity or amount
Intensity, intensiveness, badness, severity, severeness, foulness
Degrees of angle and temperature are units; academic degrees are qualifications; burn degrees classify injuries; polynomial degree is mathematical
Related models
is a kind of - in WordNet terms
includes -
is contrasted with - unit sense
is contrasted with -
In practice
Families and kinds
intensity
severity
badness and foulness
degree modifiers in grammar
Identifiers
WordNet oewn-04923519-n hypernym of degree
Standards and regulation
No regulation
Failure modes and hazards
Conflating senses
Treating negative hyponyms as synonyms
Ambiguity in severity scales
Analytical facets
- substance
- abstract
- origin
- conceptual
- agency
- inert
- mobility
- not-applicable
- scale
- not-applicable
- affordances
- observable
Also called
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Where this came from
oewn:2024 · CC BY 4.0
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand What degree means here.
Definition.
Definition
Definition.
Definition
Definition.
- What is degree as a position on a scale, and how does it differ from units, academic degrees, burn degrees and mathematical degree? definition
- Is the question about language, measurement, education or medicine? boundary
Aliases
Named aliases.
Aliases
Aliases.
- What do intensity, severity, badness and foulness mean as degrees? definition
- Which entry fits the specific term? action
Language Usage.
Sources.
Modifiers
Degree modifiers.
Modifiers
Modifiers.
- How do adverbs such as very and slightly express degree? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Comparison
Degrees of comparison.
Comparison
Comparison.
- What are positive, comparative and superlative degrees in grammar? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Scales Severity scales.
Science.
Severity
Severity scales.
Severity
Severity.
- How are severity scales designed in medicine and risk assessment? measurement
- Which entry fits severity scale? action
Intensity
Intensity measures.
Intensity
Intensity.
- How are intensities measured, such as earthquake intensity scales? measurement
- Which entry fits Modified Mercalli intensity scale? action
Context Other senses.
Context.
Other senses
Other senses.
Other senses
Other senses.
- What are the main other senses of degree? provenance
- Which entry fits degree (disambiguation)? action
Idioms
Idioms.
Idioms
Idioms.
- What do idioms such as to a degree and by degrees mean? provenance
- Is the information accurate? boundary
What the second pass must settle
- Should badness and foulness be separate entries?
- Should the many senses of degree be disambiguated?
- How should dictionary sources be linked?