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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
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:
> |
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> Below critical mass ........
> That is not quite true, but nearly.
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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