fugacity

/ (fjuːˈɡæsɪtɪ) /

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noun

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 temperatureSymbol: f

the state or quality of being fugacious

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Words nearby fugacity

Fuertes, Fuerteventura, fufu, fug, fugacious, fugacity, fugal, Fugard, fugato, -fuge, fuggedaboutit

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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