360-degree

English

Adjective

360-degree (not comparable)

1. Covering all 360 degrees of a circle.
2. (by extension) Comprehensive; incorporating all points of view.
   • 2001, Robert D. Behn, Rethinking Democratic Accountability, Brookings Institution Press, →ISBN, page 199:

     In the public sector, we have not really created 360-degree accountability. It is more like 360-degree harassment.

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

     Implement a 360-degree system regularly.

   • 2006, Thomas X. Hammes, The Sling and the Stone: On War in the 21st Century, Zenith Imprint, →ISBN, page 238:

     The overall grade is a compilation of input from these sources. Thus it provides a true 360-degree view of the officer evaluated.

3. Able to turn freely about an axis.

   The dressing room had a 360-degree mirror.

   • 2007 May 28, Patrick Barkham, “Mapping the world”, in The Guardian:

     Thanks to vans with 360-degree cameras that have taken photos every five metres in cities...

Derived terms

• 360 degree feedback