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fugacity

/fjuːˈɡæsɪti/

fugacity noun: a measure of the tendency of a fluid to expand or escape.

Noun

fugacity (countable and uncountable, plural fugacities)

  1. A measure of the tendency of a fluid to expand or escape.
  2. A measure of the relative stability of different phases of a substance under the same conditions.
  3. Transience.
    • Duke Orbal disallowed it on the grounds of fugacity.1983, Jack Vance, Cugel's Saga
    Synonyms:
    ephemerality

fugacity meaning in Tamil and Bengali

fugacity in Tamil

நிலையின்மை

fugacity in Bengali

fugacity; fleetingness; the state of being fleeting
ক্ষণস্থায়িত্ব khônôsthayitvô

Synonyms of fugacity

Forms of fugacity

pluralfugacities

Origin of fugacity

From Latin fugiō (“flee”) + -acity.

Questions about fugacity

What does fugacity mean?
Fugacity means a measure of the tendency of a fluid to expand or escape.
What is fugacity in Tamil?
Fugacity in Tamil is நிலையின்மை. See Fugacity meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is fugacity?
Fugacity is a noun.
How do you pronounce fugacity?
Fugacity is pronounced /fjuːˈɡæsɪti/.
What is the plural of fugacity?
The plural of fugacity is fugacities.

Words near fugacity in the dictionary

  1. fuga
  2. fugacious
  3. fugaciously
  4. fugaciousness
  5. fugacities
  6. fugacity
  7. fugacy
  8. fugal
  9. Fugalia
  10. fugally
  11. fugas

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: fugacity (page history and authors); fugacity (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ক্ষণস্থায়িত্ব (Bengali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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