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360
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English
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Alternative forms
en three-sixty three sixty
Pronunciation
en /θɹiːˈsɪksti/
Etymology 1
From 360° of rotation.
Noun
A single spin which results in the original orientation.
en The road was wet and my car did a 360, freaking me out.
en The basketball player did a 360 and dunked.
en business An instance of 360 degree feedback.
en 2013 Matt Blumberg Startup CEO: A Field Guide to Scaling Up Your Business As your organization grows, performing live 360s for every employee obviously won't be feasible. At Return Path, live 360s are limited to VP-level team members and above.
en proscribed A complete change of direction or opinion.
en comic 1992-07-30 Scott Adams Dilbert No thanks. I used to be clueless but I turned that situation around 360 degrees. https://web.archive.org/web/20230222052828/https://dilbert.com/strip/1992-07-30 22 February 2023
en 2017 New York Times ‘You Focus on the Good’: Women Who Voted for Trump, in Their Own Words In the past, her stance on abortion was more the way I feel, just for the first trimester, then she did a 360.
en 2022 The Globe and Mail Former NHL star Tom McCarthy went to prison then turned his life around “He totally did a 360 [degree turn] from his younger years,” said Steve Black, a long-time friend.
en 2022 Washington Monthly Great Britain’s Conservatives Are Screwing Up The Economy Following a political backlash among her strongest supporters, Truss did a 360° and scrapped the tax cut idea.
en surfing An el rollo.
Usage notes
Taken literally, a "360" would mean ending up in the same orientation after turning in a complete circle (no change at all), but sometimes "360" is used as meaningless intensifier with the implication of "complete".
Coordinate terms
en 0 2160<t:6 turns> 1980<t:5 1 2 turns> 1800<t:5 turns> 1620<t:4 1 2 turns> 1440<t:4 turns> 1260<t:3 1 2 turns> 1080<t:3 turns> 900<t:2 1 2 turns> 720<t:2 turns> 540<t:1 1 2 turns> 180<t:1 2 turn>
Translations
single spin
Bulgarian: bg 360 градуса, bg пълно завъртане n
Finnish: fi pyörähdys, fi 360 astetta
Etymology 2
en w:Xbox 360, a trademark.
Noun
en video games A Microsoft Xbox 360, a video game console.
en Microsoft