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n.) A certain distance or remove in the line of descent, determining the proximity of blood; one remove in the chain of relationship; as, a relation in the third or fourth degree.

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	n.) ~~State as indicated by sum~~ of ~~exponents; more particularly~~, the ~~degree of a term is indicated by the sum~~ of the ~~exponents~~ of ~~its literal factors~~; ~~thus~~, ~~a2b3c is~~ a ~~term of~~ the ~~sixth degree. The degree of a power,~~ or ~~radical, is denoted by its index, that of an equation by the greatest sum of the exponents of the unknown quantities in any term; thus, ax4 + bx2 = c, and mx2y2 + nyx = p, are both equations of the~~ fourth degree.		n.) A certain distance or remove in the line of descent, determining the proximity of blood; one remove in the chain of relationship; as, a relation in the third or fourth degree.