critical point

• POS: Noun Phrase
• HYPHEN: crit=i=cal point

CIDE DICTIONARY

critical point,  

 That combination of volume and pressure, at the critical temperature of the substance, at which the liquid and gaseous phases of a given quantity of a substance have identical values for their densities and other properties.  [PJC]

THESAURUS

critical point

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