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Definition of subcritical
1 : less or lower than critical in respect to a specified factor
2a : of insufficient size to sustain a chain reaction a subcritical mass of fissionable materialb : designed for use with fissionable material of subcritical mass a subcritical reactor
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Setbacks can as easily stoke as sap, movements may grow as well as wither, and every critical mass has, of necessity, been built from a subcritical one.
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First Known Use of subcritical
1823
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