The phrase
"critical mass" refers to the minimum amount or number of something required for a specific outcome or event to occur. It means reaching a point where there is enough of something to create a significant impact or result.
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His study of 320 metropolitan areas confirms that poverty and crime are much less likely to
reach critical mass in politically integrated metropolitan areas.
That has resulted in a lack of
critical mass in both titles and controllers to make the technology sing.
British publishers have also been exploring the market for electronic versions of books in the hope of enjoying strong sales when e-book stores and reading devices
achieve critical mass in the coming years.
Looking at the book and claim supply chain model and how it
creates critical mass of certified sustainable palm oil.
With their success comes a willingness of the early majority to engage in the change effort, eventually
building critical mass.
The platform isn't new, but perhaps we've reached that
critical mass required for a shake - up of what we know.
They gather in like - minded people and sometimes reach a point of
critical mass where thousands and thousands of people get deeply emotional about utter nonsense.
First, it means content marketing has
gained critical mass within the popular marketing mix and any company in a competitive industry would be hard pressed to attract business without it.
Once you're
at critical mass, what's your hurdle rate for the conversions and CPA now that you're over 10,000?
While it remains to be seen whether the website will reach the kind of
critical mass necessary for sustained critical input, we're excited by the works on display so far.
A relationship has reached
critical mass when there is little or no identification with the other person's feelings.
But again, this technique only works if you have enough supporters, since
without critical mass, your investment in the technology won't be able to pay off.
It was just a case of waiting for both the Internet and the ol' art career to reach a
certain critical mass.
Unfortunately, the lifestyle centers that
lack critical mass, don't have solid anchors and are built on the wrong sites will likely not survive this down cycle.
If critical mass can be reached, the families and friends of those involved will also know, every human alive is being harmed by these programs.
By extending our reach through select partners we are able to
attract critical mass and create exciting travel alternatives for our singles guests.
The Persona series has gained some steam since Persona 3, but reached
critical mass after the release of Persona 4.
Expect more
critical mass adoption, with many firms passing on blogging and other forms of professional commentary in hopes that their offline - reputation translates to the web.
Once critical mass is reached, both are perpetual motion machines for voter outreach and fundraising.
At some point yes, the cost of running a big operation gets too great when customer participation falls
below critical mass.
By the time separation achieved
critical mass during the second half of the nineteenth century, the establishments of old had long since died out.
Critical mass means tens of millions of vehicles in use and at a cost of travel that is less than that of car ownership.
Their appearance suggests that the postdoc issue may finally be reaching
critical mass among the nation's science policy elite.
And that's the $ 64 billion question: When will solar storage reach
critical mass so it will be inexpensive enough to be in every home that wants to install solar?
The sponsoring organizations gain from having
critical mass media communications skills resident among people from their disciplinary areas.
The
existing critical mass is insufficient to fuel current R&D endeavors, much less drive the numerous new initiatives.
The establishment and support of a
successful critical mass of peers has created an environment where being a minority is normal.
This is a
rare critical mass of people who can help and be helped by you, so don't waste the opportunity!
Having some sort of
critical mass reading and supporting your blog is a strong motivating factor for most writers.
The claims that the energy sector is a «free market» and that advanced energy technologies will achieve an
efficient critical mass through private investment alone are simply wrong.
Any of these sites face the same challenge — building a
sufficiently critical mass of users to fuel contributions and discussions.
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