noun
1. a state of critical urgency
• Syn: ↑criticalness, ↑cruciality
• Derivationally related forms: ↑crucial (for: ↑cruciality), ↑critical (for: ↑criticalness), ↑critical
• Hypernyms: ↑urgency
2. a critical state; especially the point at which a nuclear reaction is self-sustaining
• Derivationally related forms: ↑critical
• Hypernyms: ↑juncture, ↑critical point, ↑crossroads
• Hyponyms: ↑flash point, ↑flashpoint
• Attrubites: ↑critical, ↑noncritical
Useful english dictionary. 2012.