It increases by degrees (5)
I believe the answer is:
angle
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">it increases by degrees</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this in another clue)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for angle that I've seen before include "may be right" , "Old English settler" , "Point of view - associated with Saxon" , "Try to catch" , "Approach to problem" .)