created sense approved 临界/臨界 · línjiè · critical; criticality — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
临界 / 臨界
línjiè
critical; criticality
describing a point or state where a sudden change occurs, such as a transition point in physics or the point where a nuclear chain reaction becomes self-sustaining; on the verge of a major change
临 (literal) → 临/臨 · lín · to face 界 (literal) → 界 · jiè · boundary
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created sense approved 临界/臨界 · línjiè · to border — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
临界 / 臨界
línjiè
to border
to be adjacent to a boundary; to border a neighboring region.
临 (literal) → 临/臨 · lín · to face 界 (literal) → 界 · jiè · to border on
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition