subcritical

English

Etymology

From sub- +‎ critical.

Adjective

subcritical (not comparable)

1. Of less than critical importance
2. Having a numerical value less than some critical value
3. (physics) Having insufficient mass to sustain a chain reaction

   a subcritical reactor

Derived terms

• subcriticality
• subcritically
• subcritical mass

 

Related terms

• supercritical
• supracritical

Translations

of less than critical importance

• Finnish: ei kriittinen

having insufficient mass

• Finnish: alikriittinen
• Russian: докритический (ru) (dokritičeskij)