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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
critical/ˈkrɪtɪkl/
▶adjective
- 1 expressing adverse or disapproving comments or judgements.
- 2 expressing or involving an analysis of the merits and faults of a work of literature or art.
- 3 (of a situation or problem) at a point of crisis.
■ extremely ill and at risk of death.
■ having a decisive importance in the success or failure of something.
- 4 Mathematics & Physics relating to or denoting a point of transition from one state to another.
- 5 (of a nuclear reactor or fuel) maintaining a self-sustaining chain reaction.
– derivatives
criticality noun,
critically adverb,
criticalness noun.
criticality noun,
critically adverb,
criticalness noun.
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