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fugacity

 

Definitions from WordNet

Noun fugacity has 2 senses
  1. fugacity - the tendency of a gas to expand or escape
    --1 is a kind of
    physical property
  2. fugacity, fugaciousness - the lack of enduring qualities (used chiefly of plant parts)
    --2 is a kind of transience, transiency, transitoriness

Definitions from the Web

Fugacity

Noun: Fugacity refers to the tendency of a substance to escape or vaporize from a system, especially when it is not in its equilibrium state.

Example sentence: The fugacity of the volatile chemical increased as the temperature rose, causing it to evaporate quickly.

Noun: In thermodynamics, fugacity is a measure of the escaping tendency of a component in a mixture or solution, accounting for non-ideal behavior.

Example sentence: The fugacity of the solute in the solvent was determined using a mathematical model based on its activity coefficients.

Noun: In geology, fugacity refers to the degree of difficulty with which fluids can move through a permeable rock formation.

Example sentence: The low fugacity of the fractured sandstone limited the migration of oil and gas through the reservoir.

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