critical mass
See also: Critical Mass
English
Noun
critical mass (countable and uncountable, plural critical masses)
- (physics) The amount of fissile material needed to support a self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction.
- (figuratively) The tipping point.
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Translations
amount of fissile material needed to a nuclear chain reaction
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the number of people needed to trigger a phenomenon
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