critical
— Adjective
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~ characterized by careful evaluation and judgment; "a critical reading"; "a critical dissertation"; "a critical analysis of Melville's writings"
critical
— Adjective
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~ marked by a tendency to find and call attention to errors and flaws; "a critical attitude"
critical
— Adjective
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~ at or of a point at which a property or phenomenon suffers an abrupt change especially having enough mass to sustain a chain reaction; "a critical temperature of water is 100 degrees C--its boiling point at standard atmospheric pressure"; "critical mass"; "go critical"
critical
— Adjective
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~ forming or having the nature of a turning point or crisis; "a critical point in the campaign"; "the critical test"
critical
— Adjective
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~ urgently needed; absolutely necessary; "a critical element of the plan"; "critical medical supplies"; "vital for a healthy society"; "of vital interest"
critical
— Adjective
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~ being in or verging on a state of crisis or emergency; "a critical shortage of food"; "a critical illness"; "an illness at the critical stage"
critical appraisal
— Noun
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~ an appraisal based on careful analytical evaluation
critical analysis
— Noun
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~ an appraisal based on careful analytical evaluation
critical angle
— Noun
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~ the smallest angle of incidence for which light is totally reflected
criticality
— Noun
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~ a state of critical urgency
criticality
— Noun
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~ a critical state; especially the point at which a nuclear reaction is self-sustaining
critically
— Adverb
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~ in a critical manner; "this must be examined critically"
criticalness
— Noun
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~ a state of critical urgency
criticise
— Verb
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~ act as a critic; "Those who criticize others often are not perfect, either"
criticise
— Verb
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~ find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws; "The paper criticized the new movie"; "Don't knock the food--it's free"
criticism
— Noun
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~ a written evaluation of a work of literature
criticism
— Noun
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~ a serious examination and judgment of something; "constructive criticism is always appreciated"
criticism
— Noun
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~ disapproval expressed by pointing out faults or shortcomings; "the senator received severe criticism from his opponent"