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360-degree en · ADJ

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Covering all 360 degrees of a circle.
2. (broadly, not-comparable) Comprehensive; 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:
   • 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-comparable) Able to turn freely about an axis.
   • 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:
   • The dressing room had a 360-degree mirror.

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