Six degrees may refer to: *

Six degrees of separation Six degrees of separation is the idea that all people are six or fewer social connections away from each other. As a result, a chain of "friend of a friend" statements can be made to connect any two people in a maximum of six steps. It is also k ...

, the theory that anyone on earth can be connected to any other person on the planet through a chain of acquaintances that has no more than five intermediaries *

Six degrees of freedom Six degrees of freedom (6DOF) refers to the six mechanical degrees of freedom of movement of a rigid body in three-dimensional space. Specifically, the body is free to change position as forward/backward (surge), up/down (heave), left/right ...

, motion in three-dimensional space, with three translation motions (up/down, left/right, forward/back) and three rotation motions (yaw, pitch, roll) *

Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon or Bacon's Law is a parlor game where players challenge each other to arbitrarily choose an actor and then connect them to another actor via a film that both actors have appeared in together, repeating this process to t ...

, a trivia game that requires a group of players to connect any film actor to Kevin Bacon in as few links as possible **

SixDegrees.org SixDegrees.org is a charity led by actor, musician, and philanthropist Kevin Bacon. Launched on January 18, 2007, the organization builds on the popularity of the "small world phenomenon" by enabling people to become "celebrities for their own c ...

, a social networking website created by Bacon based on the game, intended to link people to charities *

SixDegrees.com SixDegrees.com is a social network service website that initially lasted from 1997 to 2000 and was based on the '' Web of Contacts'' model of social networking. It was named after the six degrees of separation concept and allowed users to list f ...

, a social networking website from 1997 to 2001 *

Six Degrees patent The Six Degrees patent, United States patent #6,175,831, "Method and apparatus for constructing a networking database and system", granted to Andrew Weinreich, et al., has been considered the definitive patent covering social networking by the owner ...

, covering patterns on which modern social networking is founded

Books

*'' Six Degrees: The Science of a Connected Age'', a science book by Duncan J. Watts, covering the application of network theory to sociology *'' Six Degrees: Our Future on a Hotter Planet'', 2007 book by Mark Lynas, about the impact each single degree increase in temperature could have on our planet over the next century * ''SixDegrees'' (magazine), English-language Finnish magazine

Film, television, and drama

* ''Six Degrees'' (TV series), aka ''6°'', a 2006 American television series that aired on ABC *''

6Degrees ''6Degrees'' (or ''Six Degrees'') is a Northern Irish dramatic television series about a group of university students living in Belfast. It premiered on 21 February 2012 on BBC2 NI. In July 2013 it also began airing on the Irish channel RTÉ 2 ...

'', aka ''Six Degrees'', a 2012–2015 British/Northern Irish television series that aired on BBC-NI * ''Six Degrees of Separation'' (play), a play by American playwright John Guare * ''Six Degrees of Separation'' (film), a 1993 American film adaptation of the Guare play * "Six Degrees of Separation" (''Battlestar Galactica''), an episode of the television series ''Battlestar Galactica'' *''

Six Degrees of Separation from Lilia Cuntapay ''Six Degrees of Separation from Lilia Cuntapay'' is a 2011 Philippine mockumentary independent feature film starring Lilia Cuntapay which is written and directed by Antoinette Jadaone. The film won six awards in the 2011 Cinema One Originals Dig ...

'', a Philippine independent film *''

Lonely Planet Six Degrees Lonely Planet is a travel guide book publisher. Founded in Australia in 1973, the company has printed over 150 million books. History Early years Lonely Planet was founded by married couple Maureen and Tony Wheeler. In 1972, they embarke ...

'', an American travel television program

Music

* "Six Degrees of Separation" (song), a song by Irish rock band The Script from their album ''#3'' *''

Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence ''Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence'' is the sixth full-length studio album by progressive metal band Dream Theater, released as a double-disc album on January 29, 2002 through Elektra Records. Excluding the ''A Change of Seasons'' EP, it is the ...

'', a full-length studio album by progressive metal band Dream Theater * "Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence" (song), the title track of the aforementioned album *

Six Degrees Records Six Degrees Records is an independent record label noted for its catalog of recordings from international musicians and vocalists. History In 1996, former Windham Hill employees Pat Berry and Bob Duskis founded Six Degrees Records with the in ...

, a recording company noted for its catalog of recordings from international musicians and vocalists {{Disambiguation