what's meaning of "critical mass"

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tigerchamp - 31 Aug 2004 07:27 GMT

"Critical mass", how to translate this? the whole sentence is below:

Unfortunately, the project never
gained critical mass, so it was deemed best to close it

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Dave Fawthrop - 31 Aug 2004 08:40 GMT

| "Critical mass", how to translate this? the whole sentence is below:
|
| Unfortunately, the project never
| gained critical mass, so it was deemed best to close it

It comes from Atomic Bombs
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical_mass
Above critical mass **BANG**
Below critical mass ........
That is not quite true, but nearly.

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tigerchamp - 31 Aug 2004 13:38 GMT

Do you mean that the project didn't get the necessary support, so it was
closed?

> | "Critical mass", how to translate this? the whole sentence is below:
> |
[quoted text clipped - 6 lines]
> Below critical mass ........
> That is not quite true, but nearly.

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Dave Fawthrop - 31 Aug 2004 13:55 GMT

| Do you mean that the project didn't get the necessary support, so it was
| closed?
[quoted text clipped - 9 lines]
| > Below critical mass ........
| > That is not quite true, but nearly.

Not quite, the critical mass could be users, supporters, workers,
problems, or many other things.

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tigerchamp - 01 Sep 2004 07:57 GMT

thx.

> Not quite, the critical mass could be users, supporters, workers,
> problems, or many other things.

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Discussion Groups / British English / September 2004

what's meaning of "critical mass"