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
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.
• (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
8 November 2024
(noun) the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another; “replacing the star will not be easy”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
