English Explanatory Dictionary

supercritical mass

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

supercritical mass supercritical masses

Antonyms

subcritical mass
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