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subcritical

subcritical adjective: of less than critical importance.

Adjective

subcritical (not comparable)

  1. Of less than critical importance
  2. Having a numerical value less than some critical value
  3. Having insufficient mass to sustain a chain reaction
    • a subcritical reactor

Origin of subcritical

From sub- + critical.

Words formed from subcritical

Phrases with subcritical

Questions about subcritical

What does subcritical mean?
Subcritical means of less than critical importance.
What part of speech is subcritical?
Subcritical is an adjective.

Words near subcritical in the dictionary

  1. subcrepitant
  2. subcrescentic
  3. subcriminal
  4. subcriteria
  5. subcriterion
  6. subcritical
  7. subcritical mass
  8. subcritical masses
  9. subcriticality
  10. subcritically
  11. subcrop

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