'critical point' definitions:
Definition of 'critical point'
(from WordNet)
noun
A crisis situation or point in time when a critical decision must be made; "at that juncture he had no idea what to do"; "he must be made to realize that the company stands at a critical point" [syn: juncture, critical point, crossroads]
Definition of 'critical point'
From: GCIDE
- critical point \crit"ic*al point\ (Physics), That combination of volume and pressure, at the critical temperature of the substance, at which the liquid and gaseous phases of a given quantity of a substance have identical values for their densities and other properties. [PJC]
Synonyms of 'critical point'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- bench mark,
- cardinal point,
- chief thing,
- climacteric,
- climax,
- clutch,
- convergence of events,
- core,
- cornerstone,
- crisis,
- critical juncture,
- crossroads,
- crucial period,
- crunch,
- crux,
- emergency,
- essence,
- essential,
- essential matter,
- exigency,
- extremity,
- fundamental,
- gist,
- gravamen,
- great point,
- heart,
- high point,
- hinge,
- important thing,
- issue,
- kernel,
- keystone,
- landmark,
- main point,
- main thing,
- material point,
- meat,
- milestone,
- nub,
- pass,
- pinch,
- pith,
- pivot,
- push,
- real issue,
- rub,
- salient point,
- sine qua non,
- strait,
- substance,
- substantive point,
- the bottom line,
- the point,
- turn,
- turning point