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Quick definitions from WordNet (critical)
▸ adjective: of or involving or characteristic of critics or criticism ("Critical acclaim")
▸ adjective: marked by a tendency to find and call attention to errors and flaws ("A critical attitude")
▸ adjective: characterized by careful evaluation and judgment ("A critical reading")
▸ adjective: being in or verging on a state of crisis or emergency ("A critical shortage of food")
▸ adjective: at or of a point at which a property or phenomenon suffers an abrupt change especially having enough mass to sustain a chain reaction ("A critical temperature of water is 100 degrees C--its boiling point at standard atmospheric pressure")
▸ adjective: forming or having the nature of a turning point or crisis ("A critical point in the campaign")
▸ adjective: urgently needed; absolutely necessary ("A critical element of the plan")
▸ adjective: of or involving or characteristic of critics or criticism ("Critical acclaim")
▸ adjective: marked by a tendency to find and call attention to errors and flaws ("A critical attitude")
▸ adjective: characterized by careful evaluation and judgment ("A critical reading")
▸ adjective: being in or verging on a state of crisis or emergency ("A critical shortage of food")
▸ adjective: at or of a point at which a property or phenomenon suffers an abrupt change especially having enough mass to sustain a chain reaction ("A critical temperature of water is 100 degrees C--its boiling point at standard atmospheric pressure")
▸ adjective: forming or having the nature of a turning point or crisis ("A critical point in the campaign")
▸ adjective: urgently needed; absolutely necessary ("A critical element of the plan")

