delayed critical

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of 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, where changes in reaction power occur slowly.

Word forms

delayed critical

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