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Definitions for Criticality
[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.; judicial: a critical analysis.
[4] of or relating to critics or criticism: critical essays.
[5] providing textual variants, proposed emendations, etc.: a critical edition of Chaucer.
[6] pertaining to or of the nature of a crisis: a critical shortage of food.
[7] of decisive importance with respect to the outcome; crucial: a critical moment.
[8] of essential importance; indispensable: a critical ingredient.
[9] Medicine/Medical . (of a patient's condition) having unstable and abnormal vital signs and other unfavorable indicators, as loss of appetite, poor mobility, or unconsciousness.
[10] Physics . pertaining to a state, value, or quantity at which one or more properties of a substance or system undergo a change. (of fissionable material) having enough mass to sustain a chain reaction.
[11] the state of being critical
[12] physics the condition in a nuclear reactor when the fissionable material can sustain a chain reaction by itself
[13] containing or making severe or negative judgments
[14] containing careful or analytical evaluations a critical dissertation
[15] of or involving a critic or criticism
[16] of or forming a crisis; crucial; decisive a critical operation
[17] urgently needed critical medical supplies
[18] informal so seriously injured or ill as to be in danger of dying
[19] physics of, denoting, or concerned with a state in which the properties of a system undergo an abrupt change a critical temperature
[20] go critical (of a nuclear power station or reactor) to reach a state in which a nuclear-fission chain reaction becomes self-sustaining
Words related to Criticality
criticalseriousness, pressure, necessity, desperation, stress, exigency, imminence, incitement, insistence, need, instancy, importunity
Words nearby Criticality
criticalcrit, crit., criterion, crithidia, critic, critical, critical angle, critical apparatus, critical care unit, critical constant, critical constants
Origin of Criticality
First recorded in 1580–90; critic + -al1
Other words from Criticality
crit·i·cal·ly , adverb
crit·i·cal·i·ty , crit·i·cal·ness , noun
an·ti·crit·i·cal , adjective
an·ti·crit·i·cal·ly , adverb
an·ti·crit·i·cal·ness , noun
half-crit·i·cal , adjective
half-crit·i·cal·ly , adverb
half-crit·i·cal·ness , noun
non·crit·i·cal , adjective
non·crit·i·cal·ly , adverb
non·crit·i·cal·ness , noun
post·crit·i·cal , adjective
pseu·do·crit·i·cal , adjective
pseu·do·crit·i·cal·ly , adverb
qua·si-crit·i·cal , adjective
qua·si-crit·i·cal·ly , adverb
Synonyms for Criticality
desperation, necessity, pressure, seriousness, exigency, imminence, importunity, incitement, insistence, instancy, need, stress