"third-degree" meaning in English

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Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} third-degree (not comparable)
  1. At the third level of some system
    (law) The least severe level of felony, typically involving a lack of planning and/or the presence of various mitigating factors.     Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Law, Fire, Three Translations (least severe level of felony offense): lievä (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-third-degree-en-adj-YcZIaChb Disambiguation of Fire: 51 49 Disambiguation of Three: 49 51 Categories (other): English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 46 54 Topics: law Disambiguation of 'least severe level of felony offense': 67 33
  2. At the third level of some system
    (of burns) An extremely severe level of damage, typically involving major scarring and damage to subcutaneous tissue as well as the epidermis.     Tags: not-comparable, of burns Categories (topical): Fire, Three Translations (severely burnt): van de derde graad (Dutch), derdegraads- (Dutch), kolmannen asteen (Finnish), harmadfokú (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-third-degree-en-adj-fmiY0RTj Disambiguation of Fire: 51 49 Disambiguation of Three: 49 51 Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 43 57 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 46 54 Disambiguation of 'severely burnt': 38 62
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: in the third degree, 3rd degree Derived forms: third-degree burn, third-degree manslaughter, third-degree murder, third-degree relative Coordinate_terms: first-degree, second-degree, fourth-degree

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