Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Related to a differential equation and its criticoids as a seminvariant is related to an algebraic equation and its invariants.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Very important, but ranked below critical.

Etymologies

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semi- +‎ critical

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Examples

  • So the rub is that I have these semicritical flaws and I have these weirdly specific gifts, and it seems like most Americans are similarly polarized by what they can and cannot do.

    Chuck Klosterman on Media and Culture Chuck Klosterman 2010

  • So the rub is that I have these semicritical flaws and I have these weirdly specific gifts, and it seems like most Americans are similarly polarized by what they can and cannot do.

    Chuck Klosterman on Media and Culture Chuck Klosterman 2010

  • So the rub is that I have these semicritical flaws and I have these weirdly specific gifts, and it seems like most Americans are similarly polarized by what they can and cannot do.

    Chuck Klosterman on Media and Culture Chuck Klosterman 2010

  • So the rub is that I have these semicritical flaws and I have these weirdly specific gifts, and it seems like most Americans are similarly polarized by what they can and cannot do.

    Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs Chuck Klosterman 2003

  • So the rub is that I have these semicritical flaws and I have these weirdly specific gifts, and it seems like most Americans are similarly polarized by what they can and cannot do.

    Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs Chuck Klosterman 2003

  • So the rub is that I have these semicritical flaws and I have these weirdly specific gifts, and it seems like most Americans are similarly polarized by what they can and cannot do.

    Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs Chuck Klosterman 2003

  • So the rub is that I have these semicritical flaws and I have these weirdly specific gifts, and it seems like most Americans are similarly polarized by what they can and cannot do.

    Lady or the Tiger Chuck Klosterman 2003

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