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单词 critical point
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Definition of critical point in English:

critical point

noun
  • 1Chemistry
    A point on a phase diagram at which both the liquid and gas phases of a substance have the same density, and are therefore indistinguishable.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • A gas is distinguished from a vapor in that a gas is above the critical point at which the liquid boils.
    • Critical phenomena relates to the physical properties of matter that occur at the phase transition points and specifically at the critical points.
    • Their phase portraits are special in that they have critical points of the so-called potential function specified above the phase coordinates.
    • It is full of physics-based phenomena for which Schelling did not know the words, such as phase transitions and critical points.
    Synonyms
    decisive point, turning point, crossroads, critical period, crux, climax, climacteric, culmination, height, head, moment of truth, zero hour, point of no return, rubicon
  • 2US Mathematics

    another term for stationary point
 
 

Definition of critical point in US English:

critical point

noun
  • 1Chemistry
    A point on a phase diagram at which both the liquid and gas phases of a substance have the same density, and are therefore indistinguishable.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • A gas is distinguished from a vapor in that a gas is above the critical point at which the liquid boils.
    • Critical phenomena relates to the physical properties of matter that occur at the phase transition points and specifically at the critical points.
    • Their phase portraits are special in that they have critical points of the so-called potential function specified above the phase coordinates.
    • It is full of physics-based phenomena for which Schelling did not know the words, such as phase transitions and critical points.
    Synonyms
    decisive point, turning point, crossroads, critical period, crux, climax, climacteric, culmination, height, head, moment of truth, zero hour, point of no return, rubicon
  • 2US Mathematics
    A point on a curve where the gradient is zero.

 
 
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