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critical period

(Psychology) Psychol a period in a lifetime during which a specific stage of development usually occurs. If it fails to do so, it cannot readily occur afterwards

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climacteric time			and that too at such a critical period in the progress of the science of artillery From The Earth To The Moon by Verne, Jules View in context D'Artagnan, as he crossed the Pont Neuf, congratulated himself on having found Planchet again, for at that time an intelligent servant was essential to him; nor was he sorry that through Planchet and the situation which he held in Rue des Lombards, a connection with the bourgeoisie might be commenced, at that critical period when that class were preparing to make war with the court party. Twenty Years After by Dumas, Alexandre View in context A short absence from home had left his fair one unguarded by his attentions at this critical period, and when he came back he had the pain of finding very altered manners, and of seeing Captain Wentworth. Persuasion by Austen, Jane View in context			criterion criterional Crith crithomancy critic critic report critical critical altitude critical analysis critical angle critical apparatus critical appraisal critical constants critical damping critical information Critical Infrastructure Protection critical intelligence critical item critical item list critical joint duty assignment billet critical mass critical node critical occupational specialty critical path critical path analysis critical period Critical philosophy critical point critical pressure critical region critical review critical safety item critical speed critical state critical supplies and materiel critical sustainability item critical temperature critical volume criticality critically Criticalness criticaster Criticisable Criticise Criticiser criticism Criticism, Dramatic and Literary criticize critique critter critter sitter			Critical Path Chart Critical Path Delay critical path development critical path development critical path development critical path development critical path development Critical Path Initiative Critical Path Job Critical Path Length Index Critical path method Critical path method Critical path method Critical path method Critical path method Critical Path Method of Scheduling Critical Path Network Critical Path Planning & Scheduling Critical Path Project Management Critical Path Reduction Critical Path Scheduling Critical Path Scheduling Method Critical Path Technique critical paths critical paths critical paths critical pathway Critical Peak Pricing Critical Performance Indicator Critical Performance Measure critical period Critical Period Hypothesis critical period of development Critical Period of Weed Control critical periods critical periods critical periods Critical Perspectives on Global Governance critical pH critical pH critical pH critical pH Critical Phase System Software Critical phenomena Critical phenomenon Critical philosophy Critical Pitting Temperature Critical Played Items List critical point critical point critical point critical point Critical point (thermodynamics) Critical point (thermodynamics) Critical point drying Critical point drying Critical point drying Critical point drying Critical point drying Critical Point Facility Critical Point Generation

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