ponto crítico
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Etymology
[edit]Literally, “critical point”.
Pronunciation
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Noun
[edit]ponto crítico m (plural pontos críticos)
- (thermodynamics) critical point (temperature and pressure at which the vapour density of the gas and liquid phases of a fluid are equal)
- (mathematics) critical point (point at which the derivative of a function is zero or undefined)