Critical Point

Definition: Critical Point

Critical Point

Noun

1. A crisis situation or point in time when a critical decision must be made; "at that juncture he had no idea what to do"; "he must be made to realize that the company stands at a critical point".

Specialty Definition: Critical Point

Domain	Definition
Aerospace	The thermodynamic state in which liquid and gas phases of a substance coexist in equilibrium at the highest possible temperature. At higher temperatures than the critical no liquid phase can exist. For water substance the critical point is Ps = 2.21 X 10 5 millibars T = 647� K v = 3.10 grams/cubic centimeterwhere Ps is the saturation vapor pressure of the water vapor; T is the Kelvin temperature; and v is the specific volume. (references)
Mining	A point representing a set of conditions (pressure, temperature, composition) at which two phases become physically indistinguishable; in a system of one component, the temperature and pressure at which a liquid and its vapor become identical in all properties.Syn:decalescence point. (references)
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Specialty Definition: Critical point

In chemistry, a critical point is a critical temperature.

In physics, it often also means the point of a second order phase transition.

In mathematics, a critical point (or critical number) is a point on the graph of a function where the derivative is either infinite, undefined, or equal to zero. The latter kind is a stationary point.

Crosswords: Critical Point

English words defined with "critical point": critical, Critical philosophy ♦ decisive ♦ Incoercible. (references)

Specialty definitions using "critical point": Bayes'postulate ♦ critical pressure. (references)

Modern Usage: Critical Point

Domain	Usage
Movie/TV Titles	The Critical Point (1957)
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Commercial Usage: Critical Point

Domain	Title
Books	Minimax Methods in Critical Point Theory With Applications to Differential Equations (Regional Conference Series in Mathematics; No. 65) (reference) Non-Homogeneous Liquids Near the Critical Point and the Boundary of Stability and Theory of Percolation and Superconductivity of Ceramics (Soviet Sci) (reference) (more book examples)
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Non-Fiction Usage: Critical Point

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		As this booklet has shown, marijuana is clearly a dangerous drug which poses a particular threat to the health and well-being of children and adolescents at a critical point in their lives - when they are growing, learning, maturing, and laying the foundation for their adult years. (references)
Economic History	Estonia	By the beginning of the Gorbachev era, concern over the cultural survival of the Estonian people had reached a critical point. (references)
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Critical Point

Modern Translation: Critical Point

Language		Translations for "critical point"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Arabic		‏النقطة الحرجة. (various references)

Chinese		大關 , 刀刃 (knife edge). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		臨界点 , 山 (climax, heap, mountain, pile). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		り�"かいて�", やま (climax, heap, mountain, pile). (various references)

Pig Latin		iticalcray ointpay

Spanish		punto crítico (breakpoint). (various references)
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Anagrams: Critical Point

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	Words within the letters "a-c-c-i-i-i-l-n-o-p-r-t-t"
	-1 letter: triplication.
	-3 letters: politician, tinctorial.
	-4 letters: catoptric, ciliation, conciliar, initiator, occipital, partition, patriotic, pictorial, plication, proclitic, prolactin, triclinia, triclinic.
	-5 letters: aconitic, antiriot, cationic, cilantro, citation, clitoric, contract, contrail, cortical, cratonic, critical, iconical, ironical, lactonic, narcotic, nitrolic, occipita, oiticica, optician, picritic, platinic, platonic, protatic, traction, tropical.
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Expression	Frequency per Day
the critical point	73
critical point through walk	7
cheat critical point	4
critical point water	3
critical point dryer	2
critical point drying	2
andrew critical point	2
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Critical Point

Definition: Critical Point

Critical Point

Noun

Specialty Definition: Critical Point

Aerospace

Mining

Specialty Definition: Critical point

Synonyms: Critical Point

Crosswords: Critical Point

Modern Usage: Critical Point

Movie/TV Titles

Commercial Usage: Critical Point

Books

Non-Fiction Usage: Critical Point

Health

Economic History

Estonia

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Critical Point

the critical point

critical point through walk

cheat critical point

critical point water

critical point dryer

critical point drying

andrew critical point

Modern Translation: Critical Point

Arabic

Chinese

Japanese Kanji

Japanese Katakana

Pig Latin

Spanish

Anagrams: Critical Point

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