Key terms & definitions

Research that combines quantitative and qualitative methods in one study.

A whole number and a proper fraction written together, such as $2\frac{1}{4}$.

Development that combines different uses, such as housing, workplaces, shops and community facilities.

An area combining functions such as housing, employment, shopping, leisure and cultural activities.

An appliance that uses attachments to beat, whisk, combine or knead ingredients.

Distributing ingredients through one another so that the mixture is evenly combined.

Two or more elements or compounds together without being chemically combined.

Two or more elements or compounds together without being chemically combined with one another. Each substance retains its chemical properties.

Umkhonto we Sizwe, meaning ‘Spear of the Nation’: the armed wing of the ANC, formed in 1961.

A memory aid, such as a phrase that helps you remember the letters in a difficult word.

A short, memorable name for an instruction, such as ADD for addition.

A defensive ditch around a fortification, which could be dry or filled with water.

A charged particle, such as an ion or electron, that is able to move through a substance and transfer charge.

A particle, such as an ion or delocalised electron, that can move through a substance and carry electric charge.

Technology enabling portable devices such as smartphones to communicate and access networked media.

An ion free to move through a liquid or solution and carry electrical charge.

The phase that moves through the stationary phase; in paper chromatography, this is the solvent.

The phase that moves through the stationary phase and carries dissolved substances; in paper chromatography, this is the solvent.

Fighting based on moving forces to attack selected targets rather than remaining in fixed defensive positions.

Working while travelling or moving between locations, using portable devices to stay connected.

The process of preparing and assembling armed forces for war.

Controlled movement of joints through their range of movement.

Controlled movement that takes joints through their range of movement, such as shoulder circles.

The exercise of power by a disorderly crowd through intimidation or violence rather than lawful judgement.

The comic treatment of an ordinary or small-scale subject as though it were grand or heroic.

Grand language associated with heroic deeds applied to an unheroic person or situation, often for comic effect.

A fictional programme that uses documentary conventions, such as interviews and direct address, often for comedy.

A fictional film or programme that adopts the forms and conventions of a documentary.

A simple representation used to explore features such as size, shape or layout; it need not function like the finished product.

The ruler of the Aztec Empire when the Spaniards arrived in Tenochtitlan in November 1519.