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crit'ical con'stant



Physics.
any of three constants associated with the critical point of a pure element or compound. Cf. critical density, critical pressure, critical temperature.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

critical anglecritical density
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