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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

critical temperature

· crit·ic·al tem·per·a·ture · IPA
01 A certain temperature, different for different gases, but always the same for each gas, regarded as the temperature above which no amount o…
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    A certain temperature, different for different gases, but always the same for each gas, regarded as the temperature above which no amount of pressure can produce condensation to a liquid; the temperature above which a gas cannot be liquified.(Physics)