Degree: nm (word coming from the Latin gradus, which also gave grade, to which was probably added the de- de degradare: to degrade).
The word "degree" has many meanings:
I) Unit:
1. The 180th part of the flat angle, or the 360th part of the circumference (also grad, radian) (symbol: °).
360 degree angle, or full angle.
180 degree angle, or flat angle.
90 degree angle, or right angle. Divisions (sexagesimal) of degree (minute, second).
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