Critical-point
noun
1.
Physics. the point at which a substance in one phase, as the liquid, has the same density, pressure, and temperature as in another phase, as the gaseous.
2.
Mathematics.
noun
1.
(physics)
2.
(maths) the US name for stationary point
critical point
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