Associations to the word «Subcritical»

Wiktionary

SUBCRITICAL, adjective. Less than critical, or below criticality
SUBCRITICAL, adjective. (physics) Having insufficient mass to sustain a chain reaction
SUBCRITICAL MASS, noun. (physics) A mass of fissile material that is insufficient to sustain a nuclear chain reaction

Wise words

Don't use words too big for the subject. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite.
C. S. Lewis