criticality

  1. Noun.  The state of being critical.
  2. Noun.  (education) A disposition for purposeful thinking and acting guided by criteria that are considered to be contextually appropriate and that are expected to result in positive outcomes related to the purpose.
  3. Noun.  (physics) The point at which a nuclear reaction becomes self-sustaining.

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