The terms cat-rigged, and catboat, should not be confused with catamarans. Catamarans are not related to the term cat-rigged, though catamarans can be cat-rigged, if they have a single sail and no jib. The term 'cat' may come from the 'cat head', [citation needed] a protruding cross beam, not far behind the bow, or head, of a sailing ship, to which the anchor was attached when the vessel was preparing for sea. The mast of a cat-rigged boat is stepped near the point that the 'cat head' would be. See also. Glossary of nautical terms; References
1. Degrees are a unit of angle measure. A full circle is divided into 360 degrees. For example, a right angle is 90 degrees. A degree has the symbol Â° and so ninety degrees would written 90Â°. Another unit of angle measure is the radian. 1  See Angles measured in degrees.
for the general form of a polynomial see problem 6 below 6 the degree of a term is the sum of the exponents of all the variables in that term in functions of a single variable such as x the degree of a term is simply the exponent