OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 19627

critical

/ˈkɹɪt.ɪ.kəl/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
crítico
Inclined to find fault or criticize.
A good teacher is fair but critical.
Let us go back to the beginning and consider what the charge is that has made people so critical of me, and has encouraged Meletus to draw up this indictment.
álgido
Pertaining to, or indicating, a crisis or turning point.
Such a scandal as the prosecution of a brother for forgery—with a verdict of guilty—is a most truly horrible, deplorable, fatal thing. It takes the respectability out of a family p…
This is a critical moment.
clave • coyuntural • crítico • trascendental
Extremely important.
It's critical that you deliver this on time.
Oxygen levels on Earth skyrocketed 2.4 billion years ago, when cyanobacteria evolved photosynthesis:[…]. The evolutionary precursor of photosynthesis is still under debate, and a n…
crítico
Of the point (in temperature, reagent concentration etc.) where a nuclear or chemical reaction becomes self-sustaining.
The reaction was about to become critical.