Vocabulary

• on the surface: Appearing to be true or real until examined more closely.
• start out: To begin your life or career in a particular way.
• such as: For example; like
• aspect ratio: The ratio of the width to the height of an image or screen.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• not available: Not able to be used or obtained; inaccessible.
• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• break up
• put out: To publish, e.g. a book
• critical to: Extremely important or essential.
• have to: Must do
• depending on: To rely on for support (financial or emotional)
• in point: Relevant; pertinent
• to do with: To be about something; concern
• lead to: To result in some action
• in addition to: Besides; as well as
• process: To organize and use data in a computer
• essential: Extremely or most important and necessary
• aspect: Way something looks or seems to be
• material: Cloth; fabric
• pattern: Model to follow in making or doing something
• structure: The way in which the parts of a system or object are arranged or organized, or a system arranged in this way
• typically: In a normal or usual way
• completely: In every way or as much as possible
• molecule: Two or more atoms chemically combined
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• divide: To split numbers by another number, e.g. 6 / 2 = 3
• absorb: To take up all attention / energy of something
• resist: To not be affected by e.g. a force or an effect
• volatile: Able to easily become a gas at a low temperature
• intentionally: With a plan to do or achieve something
• surface: To give (road) a top layer
• radical: Person who believes in extreme political change
• form: Sports team or person's current winning record
• generate: To create or be produced or bring into existence
• reaction: Bodily response to a drug or something eaten
• profile: To write a short description of a person or group
• thick: Difficult to see through, as fog
• lecture: To speak to someone to show anger or warn them
• film: Thin layer that covers something
• rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• yield: To bend or break because of a strong force
• layer: One of several sheets of a material or object
• phase: Different stages of the moon from new to full
• duplicate: Something that is the exact same thing as another
• activate: To cause to happen; cause a chemical reaction
• ratio: The relationship in relative size, etc.
• dioxide: An oxide containing two oxides per molecule
• important: Having power or authority
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• extension: Addition to something, e.g. a house
• optical: Concerning vision or helping people see
• great: Very good; better than before
• step: Movement done as part of a particular dance
• difficult: Hard; not easy; you need to work hard to do it
• product: Item that can be bought
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• finally: used especially at the beginning of a sentence to introduce the last point or idea
• slope: Angle of a decline, e.g. where a road dips down
• byproduct: A waste product made from making something else
• plasma: Substance in which the blood cells are carried
• type: Printed letters or blocks used for printing them
• remove: To get rid of something completely
• fidelity: Loyalty
• diagram: A drawing intended to explain how something works
• reproduction: Act or process of producing a copy of something
• judicial: Concerning the orders and laws of a court
• undercut: Material removed by a cut made underneath
• underlie: To be the basis, foundation or cause of something
• chlorine: Greenish-yellow gas with a strong smell
• mask: To hide something so that it cannot be seen
• silicon: Mineral used in making steel and computer parts
• electron: A negatively charged particle
• etch: To cut lines on metal to make a picture
• oxide: Compound from combining oxygen with a chemical
• ion: Atoms with either a positive or negative charge
• fabrication: Deliberately false or improbable information
• wafer: Thin light cookie often accompanying ice cream
• neo: A prefix meaning 'recent' or 'new'
• substrate: A substance which a catalyst has an effect on
• nanometer: One billionth of a meter