supercritical

English

adj
Definitions
  • (physics) Above its critical temperature and critical pressure.
  • (physics) Having a mass sufficient to sustain a chain reaction.
  • (aerodynamics) Above the speed of sound.
  • Above some other critical value or range.

Etymology

Prefix from English critical root from Proto-Indo-European *krey- (separate, seive, divide, touch, strip, sieve, sift, graze, split, I separate, shake, streak, pick out, I move, part).

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Proto-Indo-European

*krey-

Gloss

separate, seive, divide, touch, strip, sieve, sift, graze, split, I separate, shake, streak, pick out, I move, part

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