Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

life-critical

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.79 in modern English

Syllables
life--crit-i-cal
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
5
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of a system: capable of causing death if it fails or malfunctions.

Questions

What does life-critical mean?
Of a system: capable of causing death if it fails or malfunctions.

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