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Identify

To find or discover.

Immune system

Your body’s natural ability to keep from getting sick.

Impact

Effect.

In-process

Taken during the process, not from the final product.

Inadvertently

By mistake or by accident.

Incident

An accident where no one is injured: for example, a heavy tray falls to the ground but no one is hurt. Sometimes known as ‘events’, ‘near misses’ or ‘near accidents'.

Incompatible

Unable to be together. For example, many chemicals are incompatible with other chemicals. If they get mixed they can cause an explosion or dangerous gases, so they must be kept apart at all times.

Incompatible

Can’t be mixed or stored together.

Incremental

When numbers go up by the same amount every time. For example, when you change your password from “password1” to “password2” then “password3”, etc.

Incubate

Maintaining something in the most favourable conditions for its development.

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