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Critical   /krˈɪtɪkəl/   Listen
Critical

adjective
1.
Marked by a tendency to find and call attention to errors and flaws.
2.
At or of a point at which a property or phenomenon suffers an abrupt change especially having enough mass to sustain a chain reaction.  "Critical mass" , "Go critical"
3.
Characterized by careful evaluation and judgment.  "A critical dissertation" , "A critical analysis of Melville's writings"
4.
Urgently needed; absolutely necessary.  Synonym: vital.  "Critical medical supplies" , "Vital for a healthy society" , "Of vital interest"
5.
Forming or having the nature of a turning point or crisis.  Synonym: decisive.  "The critical test"
6.
Being in or verging on a state of crisis or emergency.  "A critical illness" , "An illness at the critical stage"
7.
Of or involving or characteristic of critics or criticism.



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"Critical" Quotes from Famous Books



... critical point with regard to the present position of women in America is the question of work and wages. Here the pocket of man is touched. And the pocket is the most sensitive point with many men, not only in America, but all the world over. There can be no doubt ...
— Female Suffrage • Susan Fenimore Cooper
... troubled hours when it is most needed. We owe more to our illusions than to our knowledge. The imagination, which is altogether constructive, probably contributes more to our happiness than the reason, which in the sphere of speculation is mainly critical and destructive. The rude charm which, in the hour of danger or distress, the savage clasps so confidently to his breast, the sacred picture which is believed to shed a hallowing and protecting influence over the ...
— Glimpses of an Unfamiliar Japan - First Series • Lafcadio Hearn
... cut rates and the Guilford bad management. In consequence, any advance in the market value of the stock must be slow and uncertain under the skilfullest handling. But, while it might be advisable for Mrs. Brentwood to take what she could get, the transfer of the three thousand shares at the critical moment might be the death blow to all his hopes ...
— The Grafters • Francis Lynde
... exception of the bones of the hands and feet. The skull being wanting, it could not be determined whether the remains were those of an Indian or of a white man, but in either case the sepulture was peculiarly aboriginal. A careful exhumation and critical examination by Mr. Klingbeil disclosed the fact that around the lower extremities of the body had been placed a number of large stones, which revealed traces of fire, in conjunction with charred wood, and the bones of the feet had undoubtedly been consumed. This fact makes ...
— An introduction to the mortuary customs of the North American Indians • H. C. Yarrow
... younger than the Russian they had followed so far, but there could be no mistaking that sharp chin and frowning brow. They had doubtless followed that very man for hundreds of miles only to lose him at this critical moment. ...
— Triple Spies • Roy J. Snell


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