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• crit|i|cal|i|ty — «KRIHT uh KAL uh tee», noun. the point at which a nuclear reactor achieves a self sustaining chain reaction: »This state, which seems to the layman pretty close to perpetual motion, is known to engineers as “criticality” (Newsweek) …   Useful english dictionary

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• un|crit´i|cal|ness — un|crit|i|cal «uhn KRIHT uh kuhl», adjective. 1. not critical; not able or wanting to criticize. 2. wanting in acuteness of judgment or critical analysis: »an uncritical essay. –un|crit´i|cal|ly, adverb. –un|crit´i|cal|ness, noun …   Useful english dictionary

• un|crit´i|cal|ly — un|crit|i|cal «uhn KRIHT uh kuhl», adjective. 1. not critical; not able or wanting to criticize. 2. wanting in acuteness of judgment or critical analysis: »an uncritical essay. –un|crit´i|cal|ly, adverb. –un|crit´i|cal|ness, noun …   Useful english dictionary

• un|crit|i|cal — «uhn KRIHT uh kuhl», adjective. 1. not critical; not able or wanting to criticize. 2. wanting in acuteness of judgment or critical analysis: »an uncritical essay. –un|crit´i|cal|ly, adverb. –un|crit´i|cal|ness, noun …   Useful english dictionary

• a|crit´i|cal|ly — a|crit|i|cal «ay KRIHT uh kuhl», adjective. not critical: »acritical symptoms, an acritical disease. –a|crit´i|cal|ly, adverb …   Useful english dictionary

• a|crit|i|cal — «ay KRIHT uh kuhl», adjective. not critical: »acritical symptoms, an acritical disease. –a|crit´i|cal|ly, adverb …   Useful english dictionary

• di´a|crit´i|cal|ly — di|a|crit|i|cal «DY uh KRIHT uh kuhl», adjective. 1. a) used or meant to distinguish; distinctive: »No attempt, of course, is made at exhaustive analysis; the aim, rather, is diacritical, which is all one may fairly demand of an encyclopedia… …   Useful english dictionary

• di|a|crit|i|cal — «DY uh KRIHT uh kuhl», adjective. 1. a) used or meant to distinguish; distinctive: »No attempt, of course, is made at exhaustive analysis; the aim, rather, is diacritical, which is all one may fairly demand of an encyclopedia (Punch). b)… …   Useful english dictionary

• hy´per|crit´i|cal|ly — hy|per|crit|i|cal «HY puhr KRIHT uh kuhl», adjective. too critical: »I take the official oath today with no mental reservations, and with no purpose to construe the Constitution or laws by any hypercritical rules (Abraham Lincoln, in his first… …   Useful english dictionary