critical#4 (a)

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def at or of a point at which a property or phenomenon suffers an abrupt change especially having enough mass to sustain a chain reaction
examples a critical temperature of water is 100 degrees C--its boiling point at standard atmospheric pressure
critical mass
go critical
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Attribute criticality
Domain of synset - TOPIC chemistry, chemical science; physics, natural philosophy
Derivationally related form critical → criticality
Antonym critical → noncritical
Similar to supercritical
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Similar to supercritical
Antonym noncritical → critical
Member of this domain - TOPIC chemistry, chemical science; physics, natural philosophy
Derivationally related form criticality → critical
Attribute criticality

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