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    3. 臨界

    臨界

    臨りん界かい

    boundary

    KMT7News #18+1Science & MathKanji Vocab27 strokes

    りんかい

    Noun

    1.
    boundary
    2.
    (nuclear) criticality
    physics

    Noun, Verb

    3.
    critical (mass, pressure, temperature, state, point, etc.)

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    臨りん界かい点てんに達たっした。

    It reached the critical point.

    KMT6Science & Math
    原げん子し炉ろが臨りん界かい状じょう態たいに達たっした。

    The nuclear reactor reached criticality.

    KMT7Science & MathTechnology
    臨りん界かい質しつ量りょうは、核かく分ぶん裂れつ反はんの応うを維い持じするために必ひつ要ような最さい小しょう質しつ量りょうだ。

    Critical mass is the minimum mass required to sustain a nuclear fission reaction.

    KMT8Science & MathTechnology
    社しゃ会かいは今いま、大おおきな変へん化かの臨りん界かい期きにある。

    Society is now at a critical juncture of great change.

    KMT9Politics & LawScience & Math
    物ぶつ理り学がくでは、物ぶっ質しつが相そう転てん移いする臨りん界かい温おん度どを研けん究きゅうする。

    In physics, they study the critical temperature at which a substance undergoes a phase transition.

    KMT9Science & Math

    Kanji that make up this word

    臨
    のぞ.む…(2)
    look to・face・meet・confront・attend…(1)
    界
    world・boundary
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