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  • Third degree (interrogation)
    Third degree (interrogation)
    The third degree is a euphemism for the "inflicting of pain, physical or mental, to extract confessions or statements". In 1931 the Wickersham Commission found that use of the third degree was widespread in the United States. No one knows the origin of the term but there are several hypotheses. The...

    , colloquially an intensive rough interrogation
  • The degree of Master Mason in Freemasonry, often written as
  • In USA law, the least serious of the three classifications of felonies
    Felony
    A felony is a serious crime in the common law countries. The term originates from English common law where felonies were originally crimes which involved the confiscation of a convicted person's land and goods; other crimes were called misdemeanors...

     such as murder or burglary
  • A severe burn
    Burn (injury)
    A burn is a type of injury to flesh caused by heat, electricity, chemicals, light, radiation or friction. Most burns affect only the skin . Rarely, deeper tissues, such as muscle, bone, and blood vessels can also be injured...

  • Third degree heart block
    Third degree heart block
    -Presentation:Third-degree AV block, also known as complete heart block, is a medical condition in which the impulse generated in the SA node in the atrium does not propagate to the ventricles....

  • In mathematics, degree has several meanings that third degree applies to:
    • A cubic equation or cubic polynomial in algebra
    • In graph theory
      Graph theory
      In mathematics and computer science, graph theory is the study of graphs, mathematical structures used to model pairwise relations between objects from a certain collection. A "graph" in this context refers to a collection of vertices or 'nodes' and a collection of edges that connect pairs of...

      , a vertex with three incident edges
  • Third Degree, a book by Tania Roxborogh
    Tania Roxborogh
    Tania Kelly Roxborogh is a New Zealand author who currently lives in Dunedin. She is the author of over 25 books, including Third Degree, Twenty Minute Shakespeare, and Fat Like Me and The Banquo's Son Trilogy. She also teaches English at a Dunedin high school.-Early life:Tania Roxborogh was born...

  • Third degree murder

3rd Degree

  • 3rd Degree (novel)
    3rd Degree (novel)
    3rd Degree is a crime novel written by James Patterson and Andrew Gross. It is the third novel in the Women's Murder Club Series, And the sequel to 2nd Chance.-Plot:...

    , a 2004 book by James Patterson
  • 3rd Degree (game show)
    3rd Degree (game show)
    3rd Degree is an American game show that aired in syndication from September 11, 1989 to June 8, 1990 . The series was hosted by Bert Convy, while Bob Hilton served as announcer...

  • The 3rd Degree
    The 3rd Degree
    The 3rd Degree is an Australian sketch comedy show that played at the Big Laugh Festival and Melbourne Comedy Festival in 2004 and 2005. The show features material and performers from student revues at the University of Sydney, University of New South Wales, University of Queensland and Macquarie...

    , an Australian sketch comedy show
  • In Wicca
    Wicca
    Wicca , is a modern Pagan religious movement. Developing in England in the first half of the 20th century, Wicca was popularised in the 1950s and early 1960s by a Wiccan High Priest named Gerald Gardner, who at the time called it the "witch cult" and "witchcraft," and its adherents "the Wica."...

    , the rank of High Priest or High Priestess

See also

  • The Three Degrees
    The Three Degrees
    The Three Degrees are an American female vocal group. Formed in 1963 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,, the group has always been a trio though there have been a number of personnel changes and a total of fourteen women have represented the group so far. The original members were Fayette Pinkney,...

    , an R&B vocal group
  • Second degree (disambiguation)
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