Glossary beginning with I

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Ice floes

Ice floes are frozen masses of seawater (saltwater) that float on the surface of the sea, usually ten kilometres or wider in size.

Idealise

To portray or perceive something or someone as the ideal, the best example of their type.

Identify

Recognise and describe the features of something.

Industrial Relations legislation

Laws passed on a state or federal level that govern the regulation of industrial relations.

Inhuman

To be lacking in human qualities and emotions.

Internment

Confining large numbers of people - suspected to be security risks - in camps.

Irons

Iron chains used to restrain a prisoner, often around the legs or arms. Irons, which were usually made of iron, were frequently used in colonial times.