Meaning of critical | Babel Free

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1. A critical value, factor, etc.
2. Inclined to find fault or criticize
3. Pertaining to, or indicating, a crisis or turning point
4. In breakdancing, a kind of airflare move in which the dancer hops from one hand to the other.
5. kritiek, krities بِصورَة إنْتِقادِيَّه، بِصورَة حَرِجَـه критично criticamente kriticky kritisch kritisk; afgørende κρίσιμα, επικριτικά críticamente, de manera/forma crítica kriitiliselt بطور وخیم و بحرانی vakavasti de façon critique בְּאוֹפֵן אֲנוּש सुक्ष्म रूप से kritično kritikusan; válságos állapotban secara kritis á gagnrÿninn hátt in maniera critica 批判的に 결정적으로 kritiškai, pavojingai kritiski; kritizējoši dengan genting kritischkritisk, alvorlig, avgjørende, livstruende krytycznie په بحرا...
6. Extremely important
7. kritiek, beoordeling, resensie نَقْد، إنتِقاد критика crítica kritika, posudek die Kritik kritik κριτικήcrítica arvustus نقد arvostelu critiqueביקורת आलोचना, समीक्षा kritika (mű)bírálat, kritika kritik gagnrÿni critica 批評 비평 kritika kritika kritikan kritiekkritikk; klagingkrytyka نقد crítica critică критика kritika ocena, kritika kritika kritik การวิจารณ์ eleştirme, tenkit 批判 критика; критичний розгляд تنقيد sự phê bình 批评
8. Relating to criticism or careful analysis, such as literary or film criticism
9. crítico-a; peligroso-a; ___ condition → estado ___, gravedad extrema.
10. Employing or related to textual criticism, particularly through a stemmatological comparison of all extant texts and reconstruction of the original
11. Judging severely and finding fault: a writer who is very critical of the government's foreign policy.
12. Relating to or characterized by criticism; reflecting careful analysis and judgment: a critical appreciation of the filmmaker's work.
13. Forming or having the nature of a turning point; crucial or decisive: a critical point in the campaign. See Synonyms at decisive.
14. Extremely important or essential: a critical element of the plan; a second income that is critical to the family's well-being. See Synonyms at indispensable.
15. Mathematics Of or relating to a point at which a curve has a horizontal tangent line, as at a maximum or minimum.
    Mathematics
16. Chemistry & Physics Of or relating to the value of a measurement, such as temperature, at which an abrupt change in a quality, property, or state occurs: A critical temperature of water is 100°C, its boiling point at standard atmospheric pressure.
    Chemistry & Physics
17. Physics Capable of sustaining a nuclear chain reaction: The reactor has gone critical.
    Physics

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Examples

“The second undamped system criticals show a greater percentage depression than the first.”

“Finally, criticals are high-risk, high-value items that give the final product a competitive advantage in the marketplace […] Criticals, in part, determine the customer's ultimate cost of using the finished product — in our example, the computer.”

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