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critical mass

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critical mass noun
plural critical masses
critical mass
noun
plural critical masses
Britannica Dictionary definition of CRITICAL MASS
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technical : an amount of material (such as plutonium) that is large enough to allow a nuclear reaction to occur
: the size, number, or amount of something that is needed to cause a particular result