(education, UK) A school subject combining elements of woodwork, metalwork and plastic-work, sometimes a module of a larger design and technology syllabus.
(education, UK) A school subject combining elements of woodwork, metalwork and plastic-work, sometimes a module of a larger design and technology syllabus.
This is clear, for example, in the case of GCSE D&T, where students have to follow a core course in resistant materials but can gain a GCSE by combining this with another course in food technology or textiles technology
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Material that has been, or is being knitted.
Of, relating to, or consisting of matter, especially physical.
(logic) Of or relating to the matter of reasoning, as distinguished from the form of it, especially empirical.
(Australia, UK) A building material made from wood chips compressed and bound with synthetic resin.
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(British, Canada) Shielding that is chemically inert (unlike reactive armour) and does not require electricity or active sensors to operate. It is usually made of metal, ceramic, or in some cases, composite materials.