adjective
definition
Of less than critical importance
definition
Having a numerical value less than some critical value
definition
Having insufficient mass to sustain a chain reaction
example
a subcritical reactor
Examples of subcritical in a Sentence
The first bifurcation of the vertically upward position is a " reverse " subcritical pitchfork bifurcation denoted by PF2.
The sixth subcritical experiment, Clarinet, took place on 9 February, 1999.
On August 29, the United States conducted its eighteenth subcritical nuclear test at the Nevada Test Site.
The US government insists that subcritical testing is consistent with the zero yield CTBT.
Subcritical behavior gives rise to small basins of attraction and thus limits the control performance.
Again, the main technology used is pulverized coal combustion with subcritical steam.