critical state


Also found in: Thesaurus, Medical, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia.
Related to critical state: critical isotherm

critical state

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

critical state

n
(General Physics) the state of a substance in which two of its phases have the same temperature, pressure, and volume. Also called: critical point
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
References in classic literature ?
The relations between the United States and Great Britain were at that time in a critical state; in fact, the two countries were on the eve of a war.
"Your mother stands in no need of any warning; she is herself aware of the critical state of her health," he said.
"In Lord Holchester's critical state of health," she answered, "I decline to take the responsibility of telling him what you have just told me.
Bute thought it was her duty to inform the physician, and the apothecary, and the dame-de-compagnie, and the domestics, that Miss Crawley was in a most critical state, and that they were to act accordingly.
"We have the number of 14 deceased and 24 injured, including seven in a critical state," Mali's Security Minister Salif Traore said.
The $430 million Newcastle GasDock LNG project, planned by South Korean firm EPIK, was declared "critical state significant infrastructure", which means the project will not have to go to the state's independent planning commission for approval, saving several months in the review process.
The state government of New South Wales, Australia, has given top-level "Critical State Significant Infrastructure" status to move forward with a $500 million liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal at the Port of Newcastle.
Summary: There's no avoiding the fact that Lebanon's economy is in a critical state, and something must be done to set it back on the path to recovery in order to ease concerns both here and abroad.
The report says that the suspect had shot the victim five to six times after which the latter was shifted to the hospital in a critical state. He later succumbed to his injuries, it added.
The report further states that the suspect had shot the victim five to six times after which the latter was shifted to the hospital in a critical state. He later succumbed to his injuries.
The condition of injured who were shifted to a nearby hospital is said to be in 'critical state'.

Full browser ?