fugacity

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fugacity

/fjuːˈɡæsɪti/

Where it comes from

From Latin fugiō (“flee”) + -acity.

noun fugacities

countable, uncountable A measure of the tendency of a fluid to expand or escape.
countable, uncountable A measure of the relative stability of different phases of a substance under the same conditions.
countable, uncountable Transience. Duke Orbal disallowed it on the grounds of fugacity.
Similar: ephemerality

Similar: impermanence, transiency

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noun

Similar: impermanence, transiency

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noun measure of the tendency of a fluid to expand or escape

Italiano	fugacità

noun measure of the relative stability of different phases of a substance under the same conditions

Italiano	fugacità

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"fugacity." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/fugacity. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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fugacity. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/fugacity

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"fugacity." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/fugacity.

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@misc{fugacity_2026,
  title = {fugacity},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fugacity},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}