English Explanatory Dictionary

subcritical mass

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A mass of fissile material that is insufficient to sustain a nuclear chain reaction.

Word forms

subcritical mass subcritical masses

Antonyms

supercritical mass
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