"subcritical" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Etymology: sub- + critical Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*krey-}}, {{prefix|en|sub|critical}} sub- + critical Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} subcritical (not comparable)
  1. Of less than critical importance Tags: not-comparable Translations (of less than critical importance): ei kriittinen (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-subcritical-en-adj-83G~Wpjh Categories (other): English terms prefixed with sub- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with sub-: 36 29 35 Disambiguation of 'of less than critical importance': 74 23 3
  2. Having a numerical value less than some critical value Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-subcritical-en-adj-WTSK3ks6 Categories (other): English terms prefixed with sub- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with sub-: 36 29 35
  3. (physics) Having insufficient mass to sustain a chain reaction Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Nuclear warfare, Physics Translations (having insufficient mass): alikriittinen (Finnish), докритический (dokritičeskij) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-subcritical-en-adj-YjKFZkax Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with sub- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 13 70 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 19 14 67 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with sub-: 36 29 35 Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics Disambiguation of 'having insufficient mass': 4 16 81
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: subcriticality, subcritically, subcritical mass Related terms: supercritical, supracritical

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