(nuclear physics) An accidental uncontrolled self-sustaining nuclear fission chain reaction.

plural of criticality accident

Alternative form of gender-critical. / Alternative form of gender-critical: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see gender, critical.

(informal) A person who holds gender-critical beliefs.

Critically examining the role of gender in a text, a person's experiences, etc. / (UK, neologism) Espousing, characteristic of, or relating to gender-critical feminism.

The degree to which an artistic work such as a song, movie, book, or video game has been received by critics.

plural of gender critical

(nuclear physics) The point at which the prompt neutrons produced by a nuclear fission chain reaction are just sufficient to sustain the chain reaction on their own (the state of being prompt critical); past this point, changes in reaction power are controlled by changes in the prompt neutron flux, and occur on a timeframe of milliseconds, too rapidly to be controlled by mechanical means.

(nuclear physics) The point at which the prompt neutrons and delayed neutrons produced by a nuclear fission chain reaction, taken together, are just sufficient to sustain the chain reaction (the state of being delayed critical); in this state, changes in reaction power occur slowly, allowing the reaction to be controlled on human timescales, due to the relatively long time delay associated with the emission of the delayed neutrons necessary to maintain the chain reaction.

plural of delayed criticality