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adjective
1.
inclined to find fault or to judge with severity, often too readily.
2.
occupied with or skilled in criticism.
3.
involving skillful judgment as to truth, merit, etc.; judicial: a critical analysis.
4.
of or pertaining to critics or criticism: critical essays.
5.
EXPANDproviding textual variants, proposed emendations, etc.: a critical edition of Chaucer.
6.
pertaining to or of the nature of a crisis: a critical shortage of food.
7.
of decisive importance with respect to the outcome; crucial: a critical moment.
8.
of essential importance; indispensable: a critical ingredient.
9.
Medicine/Medical. (of a patient's condition) having unstable and abnormal vital signs and other unfavorable indicators, as loss of appetite, poor mobility, or unconsciousness.
10.
COLLAPSEPhysics.
a.
pertaining to a state, value, or quantity at which one or more properties of a substance or system undergo a change.
b.
(of fissionable material) having enough mass to sustain a chain reaction.
Related forms
crit·i·cal·ly, adverb
crit·i·cal·i·ty, crit·i·cal·ness, noun
an·ti·crit·i·cal, adjective
an·ti·crit·i·cal·ly, adverb
an·ti·crit·i·cal·ness, noun
EXPANDhalf-crit·i·cal, adjective
half-crit·i·cal·ly, adverb
half-crit·i·cal·ness, noun
non·crit·i·cal, adjective
non·crit·i·cal·ly, adverb
non·crit·i·cal·ness, noun
post·crit·i·cal, adjective
pseu·do·crit·i·cal, adjective
pseu·do·crit·i·cal·ly, adverb
qua·si-crit·i·cal, adjective
qua·si-crit·i·cal·ly, adverb
COLLAPSESynonyms
1. captious, censorious, carping, faultfinding, caviling. 3. discriminating, exact, precise.
1. captious, censorious, carping, faultfinding, caviling. 3. discriminating, exact, precise.
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Word Origin & History
critical
1580s, "censorious," from critic + -al (1). Meaning "pertaining to criticism" is from 1741; medical sense is from c.1600; meaning "of the nature of a crisis" is from 1640s; that of "crucial" is from 1841. Related: Criticality (1756; in the nuclear
EXPANDsense, 1950); critically (1650s, "accurately;" 1815, "in a critical situation"). In nuclear science, critical mass is attested from 1940.
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
critical crit·i·cal (krĭt'ĭ-kəl)
adj.
Of or relating to a medical crisis.
Being or relating to a grave physical condition especially of a patient.
Of or relating to the value of a measurement, such as temperature, at which an abrupt change in a chemical of physical quality, property, or state occurs.
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