Associations to the word «Supercritical»

SUPERCRITICAL, adjective. (physics) (of a gas) Above its critical temperature and critical pressure

SUPERCRITICAL, adjective. (physics) Having a mass sufficient to sustain a chain reaction

SUPERCRITICAL, adjective. (aerodynamics) Above the speed of sound

SUPERCRITICAL, adjective. Above some other critical value or range

SUPERCRITICAL FLUID, noun. (physics) A substance at a temperature and pressure above its own thermodynamic critical point that can diffuse through solids like a gas and dissolve materials like a liquid.

SUPERCRITICAL MASS, noun. (physics) A mass of fissile material that is more than sufficient to sustain a nuclear chain reaction

SUPERCRITICAL, adjective. (especially of fissionable material) able to sustain a chain reaction in such a manner that the rate of reaction increases.