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subcritical masses

subcritical masses is the plural of subcritical mass.

Meaning of subcritical mass

Noun

subcritical mass (plural subcritical masses)

  1. A mass of fissile material that is insufficient to sustain a nuclear chain reaction.

Questions about subcritical masses

What is subcritical masses the plural of?
Subcritical masses is the plural of subcritical mass.

Words near subcritical masses in the dictionary

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

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