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1 degree
[di'ɡri:]1) ((an) amount or extent: There is still a degree of uncertainty; The degree of skill varies considerably from person to person.) stopnja2) (a unit of temperature: 20° (= 20 degrees) Celsius.) stopinja3) (a unit by which angles are measured: at an angle of 90° (= 90 degrees).) stopinja4) (a title or certificate given by a university etc: He took a degree in chemistry.) diploma•- to a degree* * *[digrí:]nounstopnja; stopinja; stan, razred, položaj; diploma; kakovost, vrstaby degrees — postopoma, polagomato a (certain) degree — tako rekoč, precejto take one's degree — diplomirati, promoviratiAmerican slang third degree — zasliševanje z mučenjemjuridically principal in the first degree — glavni krivecto the last degree — veliko, skrajno -
2 latitude
['lætitju:d]1) (the distance, measured in degrees on the map, that a place is north or south of the Equator: What is the latitude of London?) zemljepisna širina2) (freedom of choice or action.) svoboda* * *[laetitju:d]nounastronomy geography (zemljepisna) širina; figuratively širina, svoboda (mišljenja); astronomy kotna oddaljenost nebesnega telesa od sončeve orbitehigh latitudes — pokrajine, oddaljene od ekvatorjain latitude 40 N. — na 40. stopinji severne širineto allow s.o. great latitude — pustiti komu veliko svobode
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