| expression | the act of forcing something out by squeezing or pressing, the expression of milk from her breast |
expression
look aspect facial expression
face | the feelings expressed on a person's face, a sad expression, a look of triumph, an angry face |
degree
grade
level | a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality, a moderate grade of intelligence, a high level of care is required, it is all a matter of degree |
| degree | the seriousness of something (e.g., a burn or crime), murder in the second degree, a second degree burn |
| degree of freedom | (statistics) an unrestricted variable in a frequency distribution |
| degree of freedom | one of the minimum number of parameters needed to describe the state of a physical system |
| degree | the highest power of a term or variable |
| degree of a term | the sum of the exponents of the variables in the term |
| degree of a polynomial | the degree of the term in the polynomial that has the highest degree |
| first degree | a degree of one, all of the terms in a linear equation are of the first degree |
construction grammatical construction
expression | a group of words that form a constituent of a sentence and are considered as a single unit, I concluded from his awkward constructions that he was a foreigner |
parenthetical expression
parenthetical | an expression in parentheses, his writing was full of parentheticals |
positive
positive degree | the primary form of an adjective or adverb, denotes a quality without qualification, comparison, or relation to increase or diminution |
comparative
comparative degree r | the comparative form of an adjective or adverb, `faster' is the comparative of the adjective `fast', `less famous' is the comparative degree of the adjective `famous', `more surely' is the comparative of the adverb `surely' |
| superlative superlative degree | the superlative form of an adjective or adverb, `fastest' is the superlative of the adjective `fast', `least famous' is the superlative degree of the adjective `famous', `most surely' is the superlative of the adverb `surely' |
| degree program | a course of study leading to an academic degree |
academic degree
degree | an award conferred by a college or university signifying that the recipient has satisfactorily completed a course of study, he earned his degree at Princeton summa cum laude |
associate degree
associate | a degree granted by a two-year college on successful completion of the undergraduates course of studies |
bachelor's degree
baccalaureate | an academic degree conferred on someone who has successfully completed undergraduate studies |
honours
honours degree | a university degree with honors |
first
firstlass honours degree | an honours degree of the highest class |
| master's degree | an academic degree higher than a bachelor's degree but lower than a doctor's degree |
doctor's degree
doctorate | one of the highest earned academic degrees conferred by a university |
| law degree | degree conferred on someone who successfully completes law school |
honorary degree
honoris causa | a degree conferred to honor the recipient |
formula
expression | a group of symbols that make a mathematical statement |
| circumlocution indirect expression | an indirect way of expressing something |
facial expression
facial gesture | a gesture executed with the facial muscles |
| expression manifestation reflection reflexion | expression without words, tears are an expression of grief, the pulse is a reflection of the heart's condition |
formulation
expression | the style of expressing yourself, he suggested a better formulation, his manner of expression showed how much he cared |
| self-expression | the expression of one's individuality (usually through creative activities) |
turn of phrase
turn of expression | a distinctive spoken or written expression, John's succinct turn of phrase persuaded her that it would not be a good idea |
expression verbal expression
verbalism | the communication (in speech or writing) of your beliefs or opinions, expressions of good will, he helped me find verbal expression for my ideas, the idea was immediate but the verbalism took hours |
saying
expression
locution | a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations, pardon the expression |
idiom idiomatic expression
phrasal idiom
set phrase
phrase r | an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up |
slang slang expression
slang term | informal language consisting of words and expressions that are not considered appropriate for formal occasions, often vituperative or vulgar, their speech was full of slang expressions |
| third degree | interrogation often accompanied by torture to extort information or a confession |
| gene expression | conversion of the information encoded in a gene first into messenger RNA and then to a protein |
| expression | (genetics) the process of expressing a gene |
degree
arcdegree | a measure for arcs and angles, there aredegrees in a circle |
| degree | a unit of temperature on a specified scale, the game was played in spite of the -degree temperature |
degree centigrade
degree Celsius
C | a degree on the centigrade scale of temperature |
degree Fahrenheit
F | a degree on the Fahrenheit scale of temperature |
| degree day | a unit used in estimating fuel requirements for heating a building |
| exponential expression | a mathematical expression consisting of a constant (especially e) raised to some power |
degree level
stage
point | a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process, a remarkable degree of frankness, at what stage are the social sciences? |
| first-degree burn | burn causing redness of the skin surface |
| second-degree burn | burn causing blisters on the skin and superficial destruction of the dermis |
| third-degree burn | burn characterized by destruction of both epidermis and dermis |
commencement day
degree day | the day on which university degrees are conferred |