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From 360° of rotation.

360 (plural 360s)

A single spin which results in the original orientation.
The road was wet and my car did a 360, freaking me out.

The basketball player did a 360 and dunked.
(business) An instance of 360 degree feedback.
- 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.
(proscribed) A complete change of direction or opinion.
- 1992 July 30, Scott Adams, Dilbert‎^[1] (comic), archived from the original on 22 February 2023:
  No thanks. I used to be clueless but I turned that situation around 360 degrees.
- 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.
- 2022, “Former NHL star Tom McCarthy went to prison then turned his life around”, in The Globe and Mail:
  “He totally did a 360 [degree turn] from his younger years,” said Steve Black, a long-time friend.
- 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.

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".

single spin

Clipping of Xbox 360, a trademark.

360 (plural 360s)