Glossary

This glossary is based on the terms you will find in the National Curriculum Orders for Design & Technology or Information Technology in the Nuffield Primary D&T materials or in a range of other currently available texts / catalogues / websites.

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on/off switch

a switch that stays in the position set, either on or off

one-off production

this is the way children usually make things in school. They make a single item of their design idea, sometimes referred to as a one off. In the world outside school one offs are often very expensive to buy as a lot of time and effort goes into producing the item.

opaque

an opaque material is one that you cannot see through

oscillating movement

swinging to and fro like a pendulum