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SUPERCRITICAL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does supercritical mean?
• SUPERCRITICAL (adjective)
The adjective SUPERCRITICAL has 1 sense:
1. (especially of fissionable material) able to sustain a chain reaction in such a manner that the rate of reaction increases
Familiarity information: SUPERCRITICAL used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(especially of fissionable material) able to sustain a chain reaction in such a manner that the rate of reaction increases
Similar:
critical (at or of a point at which a property or phenomenon suffers an abrupt change especially having enough mass to sustain a chain reaction)
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