Collins Russian Dictionary 2nd Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 2000, 1997:
degree [dɪˈgriː] n (extent) сте́пень*f (unit of measurement) гра́дус; (SCOL) (учёная) сте́пень#
10 degrees below (zero) 10 гра́дусов ни́же нуля́
a considerable degree of risk значи́тельная сте́пень*ри́ска
by degrees постепе́нно
to some degree, to a certain degree до не́которой сте́пени
* is used to mark translations which have irregular inflections. The Russian-English side of the dictionary gives inflectional information.