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41point — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 thing said as part of a discussion ADJECTIVE ▪ excellent, good, interesting, valid ▪ important ▪ minor ▪ …
42Critical points of the elements (data page) — << Chemical elements data references Contents 1 Critical point 2 References 2.1 CRC.a d 2.2 LNG 2.3 …
43critical mass — (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) n. [KRIT uh kuhl MASS] a critical stage; a crisis point; the point at which something momentous will happen. So named after the minimum mass of fissionable material needed to sustain a nuclear reaction …
44point — /poynt/, n. 1. a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger. 2. a projecting part of anything: A point of land juts into the bay. 3. a tapering extremity: the points of the fingers. 4. something having a sharp or tapering end: a pen point. 5. a… …
45point of no return — noun a line that when crossed permits of no return and typically results in irrevocable commitment • Syn: ↑Rubicon • Hypernyms: ↑line, ↑dividing line, ↑demarcation, ↑contrast * * * 1. : the poi …
46critical — [[t]krɪ̱tɪk(ə)l[/t]] ♦♦ 1) ADJ GRADED A critical time, factor, or situation is extremely important. The incident happened at a critical point in the campaign... Environmentalists say a critical factor in the city s pollution is its population...… …
47critical — 01. It is [critical] that society look after the homeless, especially in winter. 02. Her father was [critically] injured in a car accident. 03. Coffee is [critical] to the economy of Ethiopia, with exports of some $260 million in 2000. 04. The… …
48critical — critically, adv. criticality, criticalness, n. /krit i keuhl/, adj. 1. inclined to find fault or to judge with severity, often too readily. 2. occupied with or skilled in criticism. 3. involving skillful judgment as to truth, merit, etc.;… …
49Critical value — In differential topology, a critical value of a differentiable function ƒ : M → N between differentiable manifolds is the image (value) ƒ(x) in N of a critical point x in M[1]. The basic result on critical values is Sard s lemma. The set of… …
50critical constant — noun : the critical temperature, critical pressure, or critical density of any one substance usually used in plural * * * Physics. any of three constants associated with the critical point of a pure element or compound. Cf. critical density,… …
