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criticalEssential for continued operations. In risk analysis, one classifies data by the degree of sensitivity and criticality. See sensitive and risk assessment. critical 1. Informal so seriously injured or ill as to be in danger of dying 2. Physics of, denoting, or concerned with a state in which the properties of a system undergo an abrupt change 3. go critical (of a nuclear power station or reactor) to reach a state in which a nuclear-fission chain reaction becomes self-sustaining How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Your problem is that no on-site lexicon -- from the Shorter Oxford English on down -- gives houseroom to this six-syllable teratoid, albeit most show nouns criticality and criticalness. Transformational leaders were also lower in the masculine traits of dominance, aggression, and criticalness. Over the course of 2006, the Company carefully reviewed all positions at OFS in order to assess the criticalness of each job position to OFS's operations. |
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