subcriticality

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noun

The quality of being subcritical.

Scrabble 23

Meanings

nounsubcriticality (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe quality of being subcritical.

    The epidemics in Liberia and Sierra Leone have approached subcriticality at some point during the epidemic; the epidemic in Guinea is ongoing with no evidence that it is subcritical.

    2015 October 21, “Evaluating Subcriticality during the Ebola Epidemic in West Africa”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

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