360-degree

adjective

Covering all 360 degrees of a circle.

“The dressing room had a 360-degree mirror.”

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Meanings

adjective360-degree (not comparable)
  1. not comparableCovering all 360 degrees of a circle.
  2. broadlynot comparableComprehensive; incorporating all points of view.

    Implement a 360-degree system regularly.

    2002, Manuel London, Leadership Development: Paths to Self-insight and Professional Growth, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, →ISBN, page 155
    2 more examples

    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

    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. not comparableAble to turn freely about an axis.

    The dressing room had a 360-degree mirror.

    1 more example

    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
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