subcritical mass — subkritinė masė statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. subcritical mass vok. subkritische Masse, f rus. подкритическая масса, f pranc. masse sous critique, f … Fizikos terminų žodynas
subcritical — adjective Date: 1930 1. less or lower than critical in respect to a specified factor 2. a. of insufficient size to sustain a chain reaction < a subcritical mass of fissionable material > b. designed for use with fissionable material of… … New Collegiate Dictionary
subcritical — /sub krit i keuhl/, adj. 1. Physics. pertaining to a state, value, or quantity that is less than critical, esp. to a mass of radioactive material. 2. being of less than critical importance. [1940 45; SUB + CRITICAL] * * * … Universalium
subcritical — adj. containing less than the critical mass (Physics); not critically important … English contemporary dictionary
subcritical — adjective Physics 1》 (in nuclear physics) containing or involving less than the critical mass. 2》 (of a flow of fluid) slower than the speed at which waves travel in the fluid … English new terms dictionary
subcritical — adj. Physics of less than critical mass etc … Useful english dictionary
Critical mass — This article is about nuclear fission reactions. For other uses, see Critical mass (disambiguation). As part of a re creation of a 1945 criticality accident, a plutonium pit is surrounded by blocks of neutron reflective tungsten carbide. The… … Wikipedia
critical mass — noun a) the amount of fissile material that is needed to support a self sustaining nuclear chain reaction b) A quantity or amount required to trigger a phenomenon. See Also: subcritical mass, supercritical mass … Wiktionary
nuclear weapon — an explosive device whose destructive potential derives from the release of energy that accompanies the splitting or combining of atomic nuclei. [1945 50] * * * or atomic weapon or thermonuclear weapon Bomb or other warhead that derives its force … Universalium
atomic bomb — 1. a bomb whose potency is derived from nuclear fission of atoms of fissionable material with the consequent conversion of part of their mass into energy. 2. a bomb whose explosive force comes from a chain reaction based on nuclear fission in U… … Universalium
