Edexcel GCSE Design and Technology key terms

The people employed or available to work in a business, industry or economy.

The knowledge, abilities and practical skills that workers possess and use in employment.

Increasing a metal’s hardness and strength by permanently deforming it through cold working, such as rolling, hammering or bending.

The method of securing a workpiece accurately and safely during manufacture, using equipment such as a vice, clamp or chuck.

The way a material behaves or responds to external influences, such as forces, heat or electricity.

The balance between the time and demands of paid work and those of personal life, family and rest.

The piece of material being shaped or machined.

The amount of a material used worldwide over a period of time.

Fabric made by interlacing warp and weft yarns, normally at right angles, on a loom.

The horizontal reference axis on a graph.

A continuous length of fibres or filaments used to make fabric, for example by weaving or knitting.

A category describing the thickness of yarn, such as DK, aran or chunky; it is not simply the mass of a ball of yarn.

The vertical reference axis on a graph.