FUGACITY

fugacity, fugaciousness

(noun) the lack of enduring qualities (used chiefly of plant parts)

fugacity

(noun) the tendency of a gas to expand or escape

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

fugacity (countable and uncountable, plural fugacities)

A measure of the tendency of a fluid to expand or escape.

(physics) A measure of the relative stability of different phases of a substance under the same conditions.

Transience.

Synonyms

• (transience): ephemerality, impermanence, transiency; see also transience

Source: Wiktionary


Fu*gac"i*ty, a. Etym: [L fugacitas: cf. F. fugacité.]

1. The quality of being fugacious; fugaclousness; volatility; as, fugacity of spirits. Boyle.

2. Uncertainty; instability. Johnson.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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