English

Noun

criticality ‎(countable and uncountable, plural criticalities)

1. The state of being critical. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
2. (education) A disposition for purposeful thinking and acting guided by criteria that are considered to be contextually appropriate and that are expected to result in positive outcomes related to the purpose.
3. (physics) The point at which a nuclear reaction becomes self-sustaining.

Related terms

• criticalness

Derived terms

• criticality accident
• criticality matrix
• dry criticality
• wet criticality
• recriticality