critical point
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English
Noun
critical point (plural critical points)
- (thermodynamics) The temperature and pressure at which the vapour density of the gas and liquid phases of a fluid are equal, at which point there is no difference between gas and liquid.
- (mathematics) A maximum, minimum or point of inflection on a curve; a point at which the derivative of a function is zero or undefined.
- A juncture at which time a critical decision must be made.
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in thermodynamics
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in mathematics
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