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To: Venkie who wrote (122549)5/5/1999 4:55:00 PM
From: Chuzzlewit  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 176387
 
Donnie, if you give me a context perhaps I could answer. In general it means that some entity has achieved a large enough size to grow explosively.

TTFN,
CTC



To: Venkie who wrote (122549)5/5/1999 5:22:00 PM
From: TigerPaw  Respond to of 176387
 
Critical mass
The phrase was coined to describe the amount of uranium which needed to be placed together to produce a self-sustaining reaction BOOM.
TP