FUGACITY
Dictionary entry overview: What does fugacity mean? • FUGACITY (noun)
The noun FUGACITY has 2 senses:
1. the tendency of a gas to expand or escape
2. the lack of enduring qualities (used chiefly of plant parts)
Familiarity information: FUGACITY used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• FUGACITY (noun)
Meaning:
The tendency of a gas to expand or escape
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("fugacity" is a kind of...):
physical property (a property used to characterize physical objects)
Meaning:
The lack of enduring qualities (used chiefly of plant parts)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
fugaciousness; fugacity
Hypernyms ("fugacity" is a kind of...):
transience; transiency; transitoriness (an impermanence that suggests the inevitability of ending or dying)
Domain category:
flora; plant; plant life (a living organism lacking the power of locomotion)
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