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Webster 1913 Edition

Fugacity

Fu-gac′i-ty

,
Adj.
[L
fugacitas
: cf. F.
fugacité
.]
1.
The quality of being fugacious; fugaclousness; volatility;
as,
fugacity
of spirits
.
Boyle.
2.
Uncertainty; instability.
Johnson.

Webster 1828 Edition

Fugacity

FUGAC'ITY

,
Noun.
[L. fugax, supra.]
1.
Volatility; the quality of flying away; as the fugacity of spires.
2.
Uncertainty; instability.

Definition 2024

fugacity

fugacity

English

Noun

fugacity ‎(plural fugacities)

  1. A measure of the tendency of a fluid to expand or escape
  2. (physics) A measure of the relative stability of different phases of a substance under the same conditions
  3. Transience
    • 1983: Jack Vance, Cugel's Saga
      Duke Orbal disallowed it on the grounds of fucacity.

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