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fugacity

Syllabification: (fu·gac·i·ty)
Pronunciation: /fyo͞oˈgasətē/

Definition of fugacity

noun

  • 1 literary the quality of being fleeting or evanescent.
  • 2 Chemistry a thermodynamic property of a real gas that, if substituted for the pressure or partial pressure in the equations for an ideal gas, gives equations applicable to the real gas.

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