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critical mass
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
critical mass noun
plural critical masses
critical mass
noun
plural critical masses
Learner's definition of CRITICAL MASS
[count, noncount]
1
technical : an amount of material (such as plutonium) that is large enough to allow a nuclear reaction to occur（核链式反应的）临界质量
2
: the size, number, or amount of something that is needed to cause a particular result（达到预期效果所需要的）大小，数目，数量
- Production of the show stopped after complaints from viewers reached (a) critical mass.观众投诉达到一定数量后，节目就停止了制作。
critical mass
noun
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web The genre was once the most durable and profitable in network TV, but audience levels declined rapidly once DVR usage reached critical mass among consumers, enabling them to watch their favorite shows any time of day. 
Stephen Battaglio Los Angeles Times (tns), al, 4 Aug. 2022 When a critical mass is reached, the model breaks and a new one is adopted that can better explain things. Ian Beacock, The New Republic, 25 Aug. 2022 Conservatives Only, Righter and Donald Daters have debuted but haven't reached critical mass. Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 12 Aug. 2022 The genre was once the most durable and profitable in network TV, but audience levels declined rapidly once DVR usage reached critical mass among consumers, enabling them to watch their favorite shows any time of day. Stephen Battaglio Los Angeles Times (tns), al, 4 Aug. 2022 The genre was once the most durable and profitable in network TV, but audience levels declined rapidly once DVR usage reached critical mass among consumers, enabling them to watch their favorite shows any time of day. Stephen Battagliostaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2022 While the climate change bells have been tolling for quite some time now, this existential issue seems to be reaching a critical mass in our collective consciousness. Forbes, 8 Aug. 2022 If the thesis is that a critical mass of white voters inevitably tend to push back against necessary change, is real change possible? Benjy Sarlin, NBC News, 5 Aug. 2022 It was designed to be optional but with mechanisms that encourage nations to join once a critical mass of countries have implemented the tax. Richard Rubin, WSJ, 16 July 2022 See More
Stephen Battaglio Los Angeles Times (tns), al, 4 Aug. 2022 When a critical mass is reached, the model breaks and a new one is adopted that can better explain things. Ian Beacock, The New Republic, 25 Aug. 2022 Conservatives Only, Righter and Donald Daters have debuted but haven't reached critical mass. Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 12 Aug. 2022 The genre was once the most durable and profitable in network TV, but audience levels declined rapidly once DVR usage reached critical mass among consumers, enabling them to watch their favorite shows any time of day. Stephen Battaglio Los Angeles Times (tns), al, 4 Aug. 2022 The genre was once the most durable and profitable in network TV, but audience levels declined rapidly once DVR usage reached critical mass among consumers, enabling them to watch their favorite shows any time of day. Stephen Battagliostaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2022 While the climate change bells have been tolling for quite some time now, this existential issue seems to be reaching a critical mass in our collective consciousness. Forbes, 8 Aug. 2022 If the thesis is that a critical mass of white voters inevitably tend to push back against necessary change, is real change possible? Benjy Sarlin, NBC News, 5 Aug. 2022 It was designed to be optional but with mechanisms that encourage nations to join once a critical mass of countries have implemented the tax. Richard Rubin, WSJ, 16 July 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1947, in the meaning defined above
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