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Glossary
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We’ve got loads of key subject terms in our subject glossaries. There are three ways of finding what you are looking for:
- First click on the letters of the alphabet to browse for terms.
- Select a subject from the drop-down menu above to filter the terms by Subject.
- Or lastly, type the term you are looking for into the search box.
EXAMPLES
Here are some examples of the kinds of definitions you’ll find on this page.
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negotiations between workers' representatives and management to resolve conflicts.
a noun that names a particular group of people or things, e.g. a flock of birds, a herd of...
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living ground tissue with thick-walled cells that gives strength, support and protection to a...
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points that lie on the same line (so that the gradient is the same at each point).
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the theory whereby molecules undergo effective collisions to form new molecules.
