Key terms & definitions

An experience of awe mixed with fear when confronted by something overwhelmingly vast or powerful, especially in nature.

A smaller list formed from part of a larger list.

Testing performed below a participant's maximum effort or capacity.

Accepting another ruler’s authority and agreeing to obey them.

Accepting Allah’s authority and seeking to live according to his guidance.

A unit smaller than the unprefixed unit, formed using a multiplier less than one, such as a millimetre.

An employee in a lower position in the hierarchy who reports to someone with authority over their work.

A clause that depends on a main clause to complete its meaning.

The grammatical relationship in which one clause depends on another, often signalled by words such as ‘although’, ‘because’ or ‘when’.

Having a lower position in a social hierarchy and submitting rather than challenging those of higher rank.

A secondary storyline that develops alongside the main plot and may connect with its events or themes.

A smaller problem that forms part of a larger problem and has a clearly identifiable task to accomplish.

A named sequence of instructions that performs a particular task and can be called from elsewhere in a program.

A narrower question that helps answer part of the main enquiry question.

A routine within a program that can be called to perform a particular task.

A component part of a skill, such as the ball toss within a tennis serve.

A named section of a program that performs a task when called, then returns control to the calling program.

An instruction that runs a named subroutine, supplying any values it requires.

The code that gives a subroutine its name and specifies the instructions it will execute when called.

The defined way that other code uses a subroutine, including its name, parameters and any return value.

A small number written after and below an element symbol or bracket, showing how many of those atoms or groups are present.

A small number written below and to the right of a symbol or bracket in a formula, showing how many atoms or groups are present.

An institution whose members pay subscriptions to support a shared collection of books they can use or borrow.

Notation in which a small number or expression written below a letter identifies a term's position, as in $u_4$ or $u_n$.

A smaller part of a problem that groups related tasks.

A set whose every element is also in another specified set.

The sinking or settling of the ground, which can damage buildings and transport routes.

The principle that decisions should be made by the smallest or most local body capable of handling them effectively, with support from higher authorities where necessary.

A company controlled by a larger parent company.

Money paid by one government to another to support an agreed policy or action.