All 5 Uses
critical
in
The Hunt for Red October
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- Their navy is numerically large, larger than ours in some critical areas, but they cannot project force as well as we can—not yet, anyway—and certainly not right off our coast.†
Chpt 6.
- In a minute there was a meter-wide puddle of radioactive slag, enough to form its own critical mass.†
Chpt 8. *
- This was useful, but not of critical concern to Eaton.†
Chpt 9.
- "Critical," Tait replied.†
Chpt 10.
- EXPECT GOOD CRITICAL REVIEWS.†
Chpt 13.
Definitions:
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(1)
(critical as in: a critical problem) important, serious, or dangerous
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(2)
(critical as in: don't be so critical) finding fault and telling others; or tending to have unfavorable opinions
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(critical as in: critical acclaim) relating to careful analysis or thoughtful judgement of what is good and bad about something -- possibly from people whose job is to share their expert opinions in a given industry
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(meaning too rare to warrant focus) See a comprehensive dictionary for more specialized senses of critical including those in mathematics and nuclear energy.