- Degree-Day by Barry Goldsmith
Degree-Day is a unit of measure for the deviation of a day's average temperature from the arbitrary standard of 65 degrees Fahrenheit. The U. S. Energy Information Administration publishes indexes of accumulated Degree Days. If ...
- Inexpiably by Webster's
... adv.) In an inexpiable manner of degree; to a degree that admits of no atonement.
- Esentially by Webster's
... adv.) In an essential manner or degree; in an indispensable degree; really; as, essentially different.
- burn by Jonathan Snyder
N. A lesion caused by contact of heat, radiation, friction, or chemicals with tissue. Thermal ones are classified as follows: first degree, by erythema; second degree, by formation of vesicles; third degree, by necrosis of the mucosa or dermis; and fourth degree, by charring into the submucous or subcutaneous layers of the body.burn, aspirin, n. An irregularly shaped, whitish area on ...
- Chromaticism by Great Soviet Encyclopedia
the augmenting or diminishing, by a semitone, of a degree in a diatonic scale, thereby heightening the degree’s tendency to gravitate toward an adjacent degree. A chromatic semitone lies between a diatonic degree and its augmented or diminished variant. The difference between a chromatic semitone and a diatonic semitone is that the notes of the chromatic semitone belong to a ...