criticality

Noun
  1. A state of critical urgency (synset 114475138)
    is a type of: urgency - the state of being urgent; an earnest and insistent necessity
    same as: criticalness, cruciality
  2. A critical state;
    Especially the point at which a nuclear reaction is self-sustaining (synset 114057069)
    tells us about:
    • 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
    • noncritical - not critical; not at a point of abrupt change
    is a type of: critical point, crossroads, juncture - a crisis situation or point in time when a critical decision must be made
    subtypes: flash point, flashpoint - point at which something is ready to blow up

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