critical


Definition: Meaning of, critical in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ˈkrɪtɪk(ə)l /

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  1. criticizing if you are critical, you criticize someone or something
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  2. important something that is critical is very important because what happens in the future depends on it [=  crucial]
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  3. serious/worrying a critical time or situation is serious and worrying because things might suddenly become much worse
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  4. ill so ill that you might die
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  5. the critical list the list of patients in a hospital who are so ill that they might die
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  6. the critical list if a system, plan, company etc is on the critical list, it is having severe problems and might fail soon
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  7. making judgments making careful judgments about how good or bad something is
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  8. art/literature according to critics who give judgments about art, films, theatre, and books
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critical used in phrases

  • critical analysis (noun)
    1. an appraisal based on careful analytical evaluation
  • critical angle (noun)
    1. the smallest angle of incidence for which light is totally reflected
  • critical appraisal (noun)
    1. an appraisal based on careful analytical evaluation
  • critical mass (noun)
    1. the amount of a substance that is necessary for a NUCLEAR CHAIN REACTION to start
    2. the smallest number of people or things that are needed in order for something to happen or be possible
  • critical path (noun)
    1. a way of planning and organizing a large piece of work so that there will be few delays and the cost will be as low as possible
  • critical point (noun)
    1. a crisis situation or point in time when a critical decision must be made
    2. in more than one dimension a point where the rank of the Jacobian matrix is not maximal mathematics a point at which a function has zero, infinite or undefined derivative
  • critical review (noun)
    1. as of a book or play an essay or article that gives a critical evaluation
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