"prompt criticality" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: prompt criticalities [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} prompt criticality (usually uncountable, plural prompt criticalities)
  1. (nuclear physics) The point at which the prompt neutrons produced by a nuclear fission chain reaction are just sufficient to sustain the chain reaction on their own (the state of being prompt critical); past this point, changes in reaction power are controlled by changes in the prompt neutron flux, and occur on a timeframe of milliseconds, too rapidly to be controlled by mechanical means. Wikipedia link: prompt criticality Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Nuclear physics, Nuclear warfare Coordinate_terms: delayed criticality
    Sense id: en-prompt_criticality-en-noun-xf8BQ0O4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

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