Key terms & definitions

Concern for another person’s suffering, together with a desire to relieve it.

A small magnet that can turn freely to align with the magnetic field around it.

A small permanent magnet free to turn and align with the magnetic field around it.

The ability of hardware or software to work together.

Money paid to make amends for harm suffered; in certain cases, it can replace retaliation when the injured party pardons the offender.

A court order requiring a convicted offender to pay compensation for injury, loss or damage caused by an offence.

The ethical principle of working to an appropriate professional standard within the limits of one's knowledge, skills, training and experience.

The struggle between organisms for resources they both need when those resources are limited.

The struggle between organisms for resources that are in limited supply.

Rivalry between businesses trying to attract the same customers.

Rivalry between individuals or organisations seeking an advantage; examples include pupils competing in examinations or sport and schools competing to attract pupils.

The phase when a performer competes, aimed at maintaining fitness levels and working on specific sporting skills.

A feature or strength that helps a business attract customers rather than lose them to rival businesses.

The ability of a business to compete successfully with other businesses, for example through its prices, quality or customer service.

Setting prices based on the prices rivals charge for similar products, usually at or close to their prices.

A business that rivals another business for customers.

Setting a selling price similar to those charged by competitors for comparable products.

The collection and organisation of material into a written text.

A program that translates a whole high-level program directly into machine code before that translated program is run.

Self-satisfaction that prevents someone from recognising danger, suffering or the need to act.

The event that $A$ does not occur, written $A'$.

The event containing all outcomes not in an event $A$, written $A'$.

The belief that men and women have equal worth before God but different, complementary responsibilities, usually including the husband's leadership within marriage.

The Catholic understanding that men and women have equal dignity and that their sexual differences enable a distinctive union in marriage.

Having shapes that fit together, as the normal active site and its substrate do.

The way nutrients support one another's functions, such as vitamin D helping the body absorb calcium.

Two angles whose sum is $90^\circ$.

A relationship in which bases pair specifically: during transcription, DNA adenine pairs with RNA uracil, while cytosine pairs with guanine.

The specific pairing of DNA bases: adenine with thymine, and cytosine with guanine.

Different responsibilities understood as supporting one another, such as one partner earning money while the other provides care at home.