Criticalness vs. Criticality — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Criticalness and Criticality
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Criticalness
Judging severely and finding fault
A writer who is very critical of the government's foreign policy.
Criticality
The quality, state, or degree of being of the highest importance
"The challenge of our future food supply is approaching criticality" (New York Times).
Criticalness
Relating to or characterized by criticism; reflecting careful analysis and judgment
A critical appreciation of the filmmaker's work.
Criticality
The point at which a nuclear reaction is self-sustaining.
Criticalness
Of, relating to, or characteristic of critics
A play that received great critical acclaim.
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Criticality
The state of a substance or system at its critical point.
Criticalness
Including scholarly commentary and interpretation
A critical edition of Poe's stories.
Criticality
The state of being critical. en
Criticalness
Forming or having the nature of a turning point; crucial or decisive
A critical point in the campaign.
Criticality
(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.
Criticalness
(Medicine) Being or relating to a grave physical condition, especially of a patient.
Criticality
(physics) The point at which a nuclear chain reaction becomes self-sustaining.
Criticalness
Being in or verging on a state of crisis or emergency
A critical shortage of food.
Criticality
A state of critical urgency
Criticalness
Extremely important or essential
A critical element of the plan.
A second income that is critical to the family's well-being.
Criticality
A critical state; especially the point at which a nuclear reaction is self-sustaining
Criticalness
(Mathematics) Of or relating to a point at which a curve has a horizontal tangent line, as at a maximum or minimum.
Criticalness
Chemistry & Physics Of or relating to the value of a measurement, such as temperature, at which an abrupt change in a quality, property, or state occurs
A critical temperature of water is 100°C, its boiling point at standard atmospheric pressure.
Criticalness
(Physics) Capable of sustaining a nuclear chain reaction
The reactor has gone critical.
Criticalness
The state or quality of being critical.
Criticalness
The state or quality of being critical, or of occurring at a critical time.
Criticalness
Accuracy in examination or decision; exactness.
Criticalness
A state of critical urgency
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