Critical point may refer to:

  • Critical phenomena in physics
  • Critical point (mathematics), in calculus, a point where a function's derivative is either zero or nonexistent
  • Critical point (set theory), an elementary embedding of a transitive class into another transitive class which is the smallest ordinal which is not mapped to itself
  • Critical point (thermodynamics), a temperature and pressure of a material beyond which there is no longer any difference between the liquid and gas phases
  • Quantum critical point
  • Critical point (network science)
  • Construction point, in skiing, a line that represents the steepest point on a hill

See also

  • Critical value (disambiguation)
  • Critical path (disambiguation)
  • Brillouin zone
  • Percolation thresholds