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Calculus and Analytic Geometry by Sherman K. Stein and Anthony Barcellos (1992) defines a critical number as a number for which the derivative is zero, and the critical point as the corresponding point, and has the following remark: "Some texts define a critical number as a number where the derivative is 0 or else is not defined. Since we emphasize differentiable functions, a critical number is a number where the derivative is 0. ...
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| critical thinking |
one of the most important skills for college work and beyond, seeks the meaning beneath the surface of a statement, poem, editorial, picture, advertisement, or other
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| criterion |
[in assessment] A rule containing a description of important characteristics, dimensions, or qualities which are used to make judgments.
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| critical period |
A period of time during an organism
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| critical point |
The temperature and pressure at which two phases of a substance in equilibrium become identical, forming a single phase.
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