Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun critical_mass

2 senses of critical mass

Sense 1
critical mass -- (the minimum amount (of something) required to start or maintain a venture; "the battle for the computer market has now reached critical mass"; "there is now a critical mass of successful women to take the lead"; "they sold the business because it lacked critical mass")
       => amount -- (the relative magnitude of something with reference to a criterion; "an adequate amount of food for four people")

Sense 2
critical mass -- (the minimum mass of fissionable material that can sustain a chain reaction)
       => mass -- (the property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field)