(physics) A Reynolds number at which the flow of a fluid changes from laminar to turbulent.

A zone in which the duration of annual continuous exposure or submergence of intertidal areas changes sharply.

plural of critical tide level

plural of critical Reynolds number

plural of critical micelle concentration

A movement in academia involving the application of critical theory to issues surrounding the interaction between racial dynamics and social and legal power.

(insurance) Insurance that pays out a lump sum benefit on either the death or diagnosis of a serious (life-threatening) illness in the life assured within the term of the policy, and nothing on healthy survival to the end of the term.

A branch of feminism (connected with radical feminism) centering on an essentialist view of sex as a binary and unchangeable biological characteristic, rejecting the concept of gender identity and generally viewing transgender people as belonging to the sex they were assigned at birth, in particular believing that trans women are not women and/or should not be included in women's spaces, and that trans men should not transition.

plural of critical success factor

(management) An element that is necessary for an organization or project to achieve its mission.