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360-degree

360-degree adjective: covering all 360 degrees of a circle.

Adjective

360-degree (not comparable)

  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
  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

Words formed from 360-degree

Questions about 360-degree

What does 360-degree mean?
360-degree means covering all 360 degrees of a circle.
What part of speech is 360-degree?
360-degree is an adjective.

Words near 360-degree in the dictionary

  1. 360 no-scopes
  2. 360 noscope
  3. 360 noscoped
  4. 360 noscopes
  5. 360 noscoping
  6. 360-degree
  7. 360s
  8. 365
  9. 36th
  10. 37th
  11. 381

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