supercritical

adjective

su·​per·​crit·​i·​cal ˌsü-pər-ˈkri-ti-kəl 

: being or having a temperature above a critical temperature

supercritical fluid

Examples of supercritical in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The location of the magma cap, which was later determined through modeling to be made of silicate melt and supercritical water bubbles within a porous rock, was first determined via a high-resolution seismic survey conducted by Schmandt. —Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 25 Apr. 2025

The researchers modeled various rock, melt and volatile conditions to determine what materials the magma cap consists of -- a mixture of silicate melt and supercritical water bubbles within porous rock. —Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 23 Apr. 2025

If the planet becomes cool enough and hydrogen and water separate early in its evolution, Gupta says a supercritical layer of water could form beneath the hydrogen atmosphere — thereby shedding new light on how planets with liquid water oceans could exist. —Victoria Corless, Space.com, 9 Apr. 2025

It’s created by a process called supercritical foaming that combines heat, pressure, and liquid gas to infuse bubbles into elastic polymers like PEBA, TPEE, and ATPU. —Jonathan Beverly, Outside Online, 21 Mar. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1934, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for supercritical

• analytical
• apolitical
• diacritical
• hypercritical
• hypocritical
• nonpolitical
• parasitical
• critical
• geopolitical
• levitical
• noncritical
• political