supercritical

1. 1.

   (especially of fissionable material) able to sustain a chain reaction in such a manner that the rate of reaction increases

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Questions about supercritical

What does supercritical mean?

supercritical means "(especially of fissionable material) able to sustain a chain reaction in such a manner that the rate of reaction increases".

How many syllables are in supercritical?

supercritical has 5 syllables and divides as su-per-cri-ti-cal under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is supercritical a common word?

supercritical is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.