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criticality

noun
/ˈkɹɪtɪˌkælɪti/

Etymology

From critical + -ity.

  1. derived from κριτικός
  2. suffixed as criticality — “critical + ity”

Definitions

  1. The state of being critical.

    • They weren't aware of the criticality of the situation.

  2. A disposition for purposeful thinking and acting guided by criteria that are considered…

    A disposition for purposeful thinking and acting guided by criteria that are considered to be contextually appropriate and that are expected to result in positive outcomes related to the purpose.

  3. The point at which a nuclear chain reaction becomes self-sustaining.

The neighborhood

Derived

criticality accident, criticality matrix, dry criticality, hypercriticality, multicriticality, recriticality, subcriticality, supercriticality, tetracriticality, wet criticality

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for criticality. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA