critical
- IPA[ˈkrɪtɪkl]
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- expressing adverse or disapproving comments or judgements；expressing or involving an analysis of the merits and faults of a work of literature, music, or art
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- 1. expressing adverse or disapproving comments or judgements I was very critical of the previous regime 同義詞 反義詞
- 2. expressing or involving an analysis of the merits and faults of a work of literature, music, or art she never won the critical acclaim she sought 同義詞
- ▪ (of a text) incorporating a detailed and scholarly analysis and commentary a critical edition of a Bach sonata
- ▪ involving the objective analysis and evaluation of an issue in order to form a judgement professors often find it difficult to encourage critical thinking amongst their students
- 3. (of a situation or problem) having the potential to become disastrous; at a point of crisis the floodwaters had not receded and the situation was still critical 同義詞 反義詞
- ▪ extremely ill and at risk of death she was critical but stable in Middlesbrough General Hospital
- ▪ having a decisive or crucial importance in the success, failure, or existence of something temperature is a critical factor in successful fruit storage getting banks lending again was critical to any recovery 同義詞 反義詞
- 4. relating to or denoting a point of transition from one state to another if the density is less than a certain critical value the gravitational attraction will be too weak to halt the expansion
- 5. (of a nuclear reactor or fuel) maintaining a self-sustaining chain reaction the reactor is due to go critical in October
- a point on a phase diagram at which both the liquid and gas phases of a substance have the same ...
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- the minimum amount of fissile material needed to maintain a nuclear chain reaction.
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- a point on a phase diagram at which both the liquid and gas phases of a substance have the same ...
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- the minimum amount of fissile material needed to maintain a nuclear chain reaction.
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- the state of a substance when it is at the critical point, i.e. at critical temperature and ...
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- a period during someone's development in which a particular skill or characteristic is ...
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- (of hardware or software) vital to the functioning of an organization.
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- designed or needing to be fail-safe for safety purposes: the company made safety-critical switch gear for oil rigs
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- expressing adverse or disapproving comments or judgments: he was critical of many U.S. welfare programs
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