What does DEGREE stand for

"Degree" has various meanings in mathematics.

Most commonly Degree is the unit of angle measure defined such that an entire rotation is 360° (degree). Its history goes back to the Babylonians, who used a base 60 number system.

360 degree most likely arises from the Babylonian year, which was composed of 360 days (12 months of 30 days each). Each degree is a subdivision into 60 minutes per degree, and 60 seconds per minute.

In the world of Mathematics, the symbol giving the number of radians in one degree is Degree.