critical mass
Noun
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The minimum amount (of something) required to start or maintain a venture (synset 105115712)
"the battle for the computer market has now reached critical mass"; "there is now a critical mass of successful women to take the lead"; "they sold the business because it lacked critical mass"is a type of: amount - the relative magnitude of something with reference to a criterion
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The minimum mass of fissionable material that can sustain a chain reaction (synset 105031963)
is a type of: mass - the property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field
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