critical mass

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critical mass noun

plural critical masses

critical mass

noun

plural critical masses

Learner's definition of CRITICAL MASS

[count, noncount]

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

: 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。