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UK
/kɹˈɪtɪkˈælɪti/
]
[ US /ˌkɹɪtəˈkæɫəti/ ]
[ US /ˌkɹɪtəˈkæɫəti/ ]
NOUN
- a state of critical urgency
- a critical state; especially the point at which a nuclear reaction is self-sustaining
How To Use criticality In A Sentence
- You will be responsible for: * Managing the services solutions including any business impact and criticality of services* Managing the quality and ... Silicon.com :
- Courses of study include technical physics, technical mathematics, nuclear reactor theory, nuclear criticality training, and reactor simulator training.
- They are beginning to put 20th-century "criticality" behind them. Globe and Mail
- Maybe the only way you could even imagine tackling your Grand Enterprise was with a confidence bordering on messianic delusion counterweighted by a criticality that damned it as the utmost folly — in short, with a psyche strung tighter than the tension between God and Lucifer if they met in a Harold Pinter play. Archive 2009-05-01
- A wide range of countermeasures to further strengthen nuclear criticality safety management is suggested.
- In addition, the macro-scale of self-organized criticality of the power system can be revealed from the viewpoint of the total load demand vs. the total network transfer capability.
- My previous splenetic post about my own debt was an attempt to encourage a little criticality about the social function of the MFA for graphic designers in the first place.
- In relation to the 1999 Tokai-mura fuel plant criticality accident, insurance covered 1 billion yen and the parent company (Sumitomo) paid the balance of 13.5 billion yen. Civil liability for nuclear damage
- Engineers have observed bursts of heat and radiation and even flashes of light at the core, which suggests what is known as a "localized criticality," in which the nuclear chain reaction that normally powers the plant proceeds more rapidly. Chicagotribune.com - News
- Problems may involve complexity, criticality, conflict or indeed a combination of these problem types.