critical value

[krit-i-kuhl val-yoo]

noun

Statistics.

1. the value of the random variable at the boundary between the acceptance region and the rejection region in the testing of a hypothesis.

   Each row in the table contains critical values for one of the t distributions.

Word History and Origins

Origin of critical value¹

First recorded in 1905–10

Example Sentences

"And everything we do is also geopolitical… we have to build up critical value offerings, sciences and other critical technologies, to make our allies understand that it's probably good to protect Lithuania."

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“It’s a self-amplifying feedback loop mainly affecting salinity, and the fresher the North Atlantic Ocean becomes, the weaker the AMOC, until you reach a critical value,” said René van Westen, the study’s lead author.

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If these exceed a critical value, the effect collapses.

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Somewhere in between is a critical value, called the percolation threshold, at which the fluid begins to flow all the way across the network.

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There is a critical value for this error rate.

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