Key terms & definitions

Ownership or control of businesses operating at different stages of the same industry, such as film production and distribution.

An arrangement in which a film company controls production, distribution and exhibition: making films, supplying them to cinemas and showing them.

A chart for ungrouped discrete numerical data in which a separate vertical line is drawn above each possible value, with its height representing the frequency.

A graph using separate vertical lines to show the frequencies of discrete numerical outcomes.

Angles formed opposite each other when two straight lines cross; each opposite pair is equal.

A priestess of the Roman goddess Vesta. In Livy’s account, Amulius makes Rhea Silvia a Vestal to prevent her from having children.

A female priest serving the Roman goddess Vesta, responsible especially for maintaining her sacred fire.

Priestesses of Vesta whom Numa supported with public funds and bound by a vow of chastity.

Priestesses of Vesta who maintained Rome’s sacred fire, cared for sacred objects and prepared mola salsa.

A personal or organisational interest in an outcome because it could bring a benefit or prevent a loss.

An entrance room between a building’s porch and its main interior room.

Special clothing worn by clergy during church services.

Special clothing worn by clergy when conducting religious services.

A person who has served in the armed forces, especially during a war.

An older resident of the Cottages who has already experienced the transition away from their childhood institution.

Long-serving soldiers with experience of military campaigns.

An old tree with features such as cavities and decaying wood that provide valuable wildlife habitats.

The power of a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council to block a substantive resolution.

The ability of a permanent member of the UN Security Council to block a substantive resolution, even when other members support it.

Checks on an applicant’s background, references and suitability before a party approves them as a potential candidate.

A disputed region between Normandy and the French king’s territories, important in the struggle between Richard I and Philip II.

Whether a process is practical and worthwhile when its resources, costs, demand and environmental effects are considered.

The ability of a process to work successfully in practice, producing a suitable product at an acceptable cost.

The ability of a foetus to survive outside the womb, potentially with medical assistance.

Able to work successfully in practice at an acceptable economic and environmental cost.

Workable in practice: technically possible, affordable and able to produce something useful.

Holy Communion received by a person approaching death; its name means ‘food for the journey’.

The back-and-forth movement of an object or part of a material about its resting position.

Repeated movement backwards and forwards about a rest position.

An Anglican parish priest.