Definition
Full turn
A full turn is one complete rotation: 360°, four quarter turns, ending in the starting direction.
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What it means
Keep turning in the same direction until you have gone all the way around. At one quarter, half, and three quarters, the object faces different ways. At the full turn, it lines up exactly with its starting position and direction.
Remember it
All the way around, back where you started: one full turn is 360°.
Example
The cup’s handle starts pointing right. After four quarter turns clockwise—right to down, left, up, and right again—the cup has made one full turn, or 360°.
Watch for
Stopping after three quarter turns is 270°, not a full turn, because the cup has not yet returned to its starting orientation.
Common mix-up
A full turn does not mean “turn until it looks similar.” It must complete exactly 360°; a symmetric shape may look unchanged sooner.
Exact meaning
A full turn is a complete rotation about a fixed centre. Its angle measure is 360°, equal to four quarter turns or two half turns; after it, every point of the figure is back where it began and the figure faces its starting direction.