Subcriticality

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The quality of being subcritical. uncountable

    "The epidemics in Liberia and Sierra Leone have approached subcriticality at some point during the epidemic; the epidemic in Guinea is ongoing with no evidence that it is subcritical."

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"The epidemics in Liberia and Sierra Leone have approached subcriticality at some point during the epidemic; the epidemic in Guinea is ongoing with no evidence that it is subcritical."

Etymology

From sub- + criticality.

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