microdegreeとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From micro- +‎ degree.

名詞

microdegree (plural microdegrees)

1. One millionth of a degree (unit of measurement).
   • 2010, Reto Meier, Professional Android 2 Application Development, page 264:

     Map locations in the Android mapping classes are represented by GeoPoint objects, which contain latitude and longitude measured in microdegrees.

2. (education) A small degree (qualification in a course of study).
   • 2021, Andreas Kaplan, Higher Education at the Crossroads of Disruption:

     In addition to the aforementioned advantages of microdegrees, they can be used to provide quicker assessment of qualification within a longer degree program.