fugacity

/ (fjuːˈɡæsɪtɪ) /


noun
  1. Also called: escaping 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: Symbol: f

  2. the state or quality of being fugacious

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How to use fugacity in a sentence

  • Its extreme fugacity, however, militates against its employment by artists.

    Field's Chromatography | George Field
  • The best of pigments may be ruined by their injudicious use, and obtain a character for fugacity which they in no way deserve.

    Field's Chromatography | George Field
  • It is so serviceable a pigment for so many purposes, especially in admixture, that its sin of fugacity is overlooked.

    Field's Chromatography | George Field
  • There is no need for this cant cry of fugacity, which casts such a blight on modern art.

    Field's Chromatography | George Field
  • Will they not rather spread over the picture the Upas-tree of fugacity, and kill it as they die themselves!

    Field's Chromatography | George Field