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subcritical mass

جرم ِ زیر-پرژنی

jerm-e zir-paržani

Fr.: masse sous-critique

An amount of → fissile material that by its mass or geometry is incapable of sustaining a → fission → chain reaction.

See also: → subcritical; → mass.