In June 2010, manufacturing in the United Kingdom accounted for 8.2% of the workforce and 12% of the country's national output. The East Midlands and West Midlands (at 12.6 and 11.8% respectively) were the regions with the highest proportion of employees in manufacturing.he growth was driven by international trading relationships Britain developed with Asia, Europe and the Americas, as well as entrepreneurialism, work ethic and the availability of natural resources such as coal.
An overline, overscore, or overbar, is a typographical feature of a horizontal line drawn immediately above the text. In mathematical notation, an overline has been used for a long time as a vinculum, a way of showing that certain symbols belong together.
alluvial (plural alluvials) A deposition of sediment over a long period of time by a river; an alluvial layer. Alluvial soil; specifically, in Australia, gold-bearing alluvial soil. The noun is normally used in the plural by engineers who recover valuable minerals from these layers.