It depends on the power to which the single variable is raised in that one term.
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2st4 + s2t2 - 9s5t + 21 The degree of a polynomial with more than one variable is the largest sum of the powers in any single term. So the degree of the given polynomial is 6 (-9s5t1; 5 + 1).
A polynomial is made up of one or several monomials (terms added or subtracted together). The term with the highest degree should have a degree of 4. To get the degree, if it's a single variable, the degree is the power to which it is raised; if there are several variables, add all the powers together.
The degree of a polynomial function is the highest power any single term is raised to. For example, (5a - 2b^2) is a second degree function because the "b^2" is raised to the second power and the "a" is only raised to the (implied) first power. For (24xy-xy^3 + x^2) it is a third degree polynomial because the highest power is the cube of -xy.
The "degree" is only specified for polynomials. The degree of a monomial (a single term) is the sum of the powers of all the variables. For example, x3y2z would have the degree 6; you have to add 3 + 2 + 1 (since z is the same as z to the power 1). The degree of a polynomial is the degree of its highest monomial.
A single term, so monomial.