Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

supercritical mass

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.39 in modern English

Syllables: su-per-crit-i-cal -mass
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

6

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A mass of fissile material that is more than sufficient to sustain a nuclear chain reaction.

Inflected Forms

supercritical masses (plural)

Antonyms

subcritical mass

Questions

What does supercritical mass mean?: A mass of fissile material that is more than sufficient to sustain a nuclear chain reaction.

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