Degree (mathematics)

The degree of a polynomial is the highest power of x that occurs inside that polynomial.

For example: if we look at the polynomial $2x^{3}-7x^{2}+5x-4$$2x^{3}-7x^{2}+5x-4$, then we can see that the degree of this polynomial is 3 because the highest power of x that occurs is $x^{3}$$x^{3}$.