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critical density

See mean density of matter.
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critical density

[′krid·ə·kəl ′den·səd·ē]
(astronomy)
The mass density above which, it is believed, the expansion of the universe will slow down and reverse.
(chemistry)
The density of a substance exhibited at its critical temperature and critical pressure.
(civil engineering)
For a highway, the density of traffic when the volume equals the capacity.
(geology)
That degree of density of a saturated, granular material below which, as it is rapidly deformed, it will decrease in strength and above which it will increase in strength.
(thermodynamics)
The density of a substance at the liquid-vapor critical point.
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critical density

That unit weight of a saturated granular material above which it will gain strength and below which it will lose strength when subjected to rapid deformation.
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At CMB both temperature and density of C[H.sub.4] are, respectively, 4000[degrees]C and 8.8 g/[cm.sup.3] while critical density is 0.162 g/[cm.sup.3] and critical temperature is only 48[degrees]C.
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Finally, we will demonstrate that there are graph classes such that there a exists a critical density co where the category to which a random graph with cn edges belongs to is different for c > [c.sub.o] and c < [c.sub.o].
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