Critical point
noun
noun ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The temperature and pressure at which the vapour density of the gas and liquid phases of a fluid are equal, at which point there is no difference between gas and liquid.
- 2 a crisis situation or point in time when a critical decision must be made wordnet
- 3 A point at which the derivative of a function is zero or undefined, such as a minimum, a maximum, a point of inflection or, in multivariate calculus, a saddle point.
- 4 A juncture at which time a critical decision must be made.