"subcritical" meaning in English

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        "Of less than critical importance"
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          "sense": "of less than critical importance",
          "word": "ei kriittinen"
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        "Having a numerical value less than some critical value"
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          "text": "a subcritical reactor"
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        "Having insufficient mass to sustain a chain reaction"
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        "(physics) Having insufficient mass to sustain a chain reaction"
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          "_dis1": "3 15 82",
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          "sense": "having insufficient mass",
          "word": "alikriittinen"
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          "roman": "dokritičeskij",
          "sense": "having insufficient mass",
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      "word": "ei kriittinen"
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      "sense": "having insufficient mass",
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