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A direct action event in which bicycle riders travel through city streets as a group.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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The minimum amount of fissile material needed to support a self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Qualifier: nuclear physics
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The minimum amount of something or the minimum number of people needed to trigger a phenomenon.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, countable, figuratively, uncountable
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the minimum mass of fissionable material that can sustain a chain reaction
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: mass
the minimum amount (of something) required to start or maintain a venture
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the battle for the computer market has now reached critical mass
- there is now a critical mass of successful women to take the lead
- they sold the business because it lacked critical mass
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Broader terms: amount
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Across languages
Translations
27 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Breton:
tolz eizik
— the minimum amount of fissile material needed to a nuclear chain reaction
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Catalan:
massa crítica
— the minimum amount of fissile material needed to a nuclear chain reaction
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Czech:
kritické množství
— the minimum amount of fissile material needed to a nuclear chain reaction
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Dutch:
kritische massa
— the minimum amount of fissile material needed to a nuclear chain reaction
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Finnish:
kriittinen massa
— the minimum amount of fissile material needed to a nuclear chain reaction
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French:
masse critique
— the minimum amount of fissile material needed to a nuclear chain reaction
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German:
kritische Masse
— the minimum amount of fissile material needed to a nuclear chain reaction
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Greek:
κρίσιμη μάζα
(krísimi máza)
— the minimum amount of fissile material needed to a nuclear chain reaction
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Hungarian:
kritikus tömeg
— the minimum amount of fissile material needed to a nuclear chain reaction
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Icelandic:
markmassi
— the minimum amount of fissile material needed to a nuclear chain reaction
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Italian:
massa critica
— the minimum amount of fissile material needed to a nuclear chain reaction
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Japanese:
臨界質量
(rinkai shitsuryō)
— the minimum amount of fissile material needed to a nuclear chain reaction
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Polish:
masa krytyczna
— the minimum amount of fissile material needed to a nuclear chain reaction
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Portuguese:
massa crítica
— the minimum amount of fissile material needed to a nuclear chain reaction
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Romanian:
masă critică
— the minimum amount of fissile material needed to a nuclear chain reaction
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Russian:
крити́ческая ма́сса
(kritíčeskaja mássa)
— the minimum amount of fissile material needed to a nuclear chain reaction
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Swedish:
kritisk massa
— the minimum amount of fissile material needed to a nuclear chain reaction
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Tagalog:
maselang bugat
— the minimum amount of fissile material needed to a nuclear chain reaction
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Ukrainian:
крити́чна ма́са
(krytýčna mása)
— the minimum amount of fissile material needed to a nuclear chain reaction
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Czech:
kritické množství
— the minimum number of people needed to trigger a phenomenon
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Danish:
kritisk masse
— the minimum number of people needed to trigger a phenomenon
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Finnish:
kriittinen massa
— the minimum number of people needed to trigger a phenomenon
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German:
kritische Masse
— the minimum number of people needed to trigger a phenomenon
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Greek:
κρίσιμη μάζα
(krísimi máza)
— the minimum number of people needed to trigger a phenomenon
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Polish:
masa krytyczna
— the minimum number of people needed to trigger a phenomenon
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Romanian:
masă critică
— the minimum number of people needed to trigger a phenomenon
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Swedish:
kritisk massa
— the minimum number of people needed to trigger a phenomenon
