ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Subcritical

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Subcritical is an adjective meaning Of less than critical importance.

Meaning

Of less than critical importance.

More Meanings

  1. Having a numerical value less than some critical value
  2. (physics) Having insufficient mass to sustain a chain reaction

Example Sentences

a subcritical reactor

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include rusting, subsignificant, secondary, non-critical, subessential, low-level.

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