360-degree

adj — 3 senses

360-degree

adj
1

Covering all 360 degrees of a circle.

2

Broadly Comprehensive; incorporating all points of view.

  • In the public sector, we have not really created 360-degree accountability. It is more like 360-degree harassment.2001, Robert D. Behn, Rethinking Democratic Accountability, Brookings Institution Press, →ISBN, page 199:
  • Implement a 360-degree system regularly.2002, Manuel London, Leadership Development: Paths to Self-insight and Professional Growth, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, →ISBN, page 155:
1 more example
  • The overall grade is a compilation of input from these sources. Thus it provides a true 360-degree view of the officer evaluated.2006, Thomas X. Hammes, The Sling and the Stone: On War in the 21st Century, Zenith Imprint, →ISBN, page 238:
3

Able to turn freely about an axis.

  • The dressing room had a 360-degree mirror.
  • Thanks to vans with 360-degree cameras that have taken photos every five metres in cities...2007 May 28, Patrick Barkham, “Mapping the world”, in The Guardian:
Derived terms
360 degree feedback

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