fugacity
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Noun[edit]
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.
- 1983, Jack Vance, Cugel's Saga:
- Duke Orbal disallowed it on the grounds of fugacity.
Synonyms[edit]
- (transience): ephemerality, impermanence, transiency; see also Thesaurus:transience
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Translations[edit]
measure of the tendency of a fluid to expand or escape
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measure of the relative stability of different phases of a substance under the same conditions
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transience
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