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fugacity
/ fjuːˈɡæsɪtɪ /
noun
- Also calledescaping tendency thermodynamics a property of a gas, related to its partial pressure, that expresses its tendency to escape or expand, given by d(log e f ) = dμ/ RT , where μ is the chemical potential, R the gas constant, and T the thermodynamic temperature f
- the state or quality of being fugacious
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Its extreme fugacity, however, militates against its employment by artists.
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The best of pigments may be ruined by their injudicious use, and obtain a character for fugacity which they in no way deserve.
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It is so serviceable a pigment for so many purposes, especially in admixture, that its sin of fugacity is overlooked.
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There is no need for this cant cry of fugacity, which casts such a blight on modern art.
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Will they not rather spread over the picture the Upas-tree of fugacity, and kill it as they die themselves!
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