criticality
1. a state of critical urgency • Syn: criticalness, cruciality • Derivationally related forms: crucial (for: cruciality), critical (for: criticalness), critical • Hypernyms: urgency 2. a critical state; especially the point at which a nuclear reaction is self-sustaining • Derivationally related forms: critical • Hypernyms: juncture, critical point, crossroads • Hyponyms: flash point, flashpoint • Attrubites: critical, noncritical
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