Supercritical Definition

so͝opərkritikəl
adjective
Designating or of a fluid at a temperature greater than its critical temperature.
Webster's New World
Designating or of a highly unstable mass of fissionable material in which the total number of free neutrons and the rate of fission increase with time.
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(physics) Having a mass sufficient to sustain a chain reaction.

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(aerodynamics) Above the speed of sound.
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Above some other critical value or range.

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Supercritical Sentence Examples

  • These groundbreaking studies could see supercritical fluids spearheading a truly green alternative for the global chemical industry.

  • A supercritical fluid extraction (SFE) method for the extraction of bile acids from feces is described.

  • Current systems, called advanced supercritical boilers, have an efficiency level of around 42 %.

  • The 5 papers on supercritical fluid technology, 6 papers on architectural uses and 6 papers on surface fluorination are of particular interest.

  • In both cases, the stable solutions emanating from supercritical pitchfork bifurcations underwent period-doubling cascades leading to chaos.

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