Critical point

Critical point denotes:

• State point of a substance from which gas and liquid have the same density, see critical point (thermodynamics)
• Fixed point of a renormalization group
• for differentiable functions a point at which the differential of the function is not surjective, see critical point (mathematics)
• In statistics, a critical value is a threshold value on the basis of which a hypothesis is rejected, see Critical value (statistics)
• in dynamic systems a point in the phase space at which the temporal development of the system does not change, see critical point (dynamics)
• For seismic refraction measurements, the point in the time of flight diagram from which the head wave can be registered on the surface, see critical point (seismic)
• Construction point (K point) of a ski jumping hill

This is a disambiguation page for differentiating between several terms identified with the same word.