fugacity

fu·gac·i·ty

noun \fyü-ˈga-sə-tē\

Definition of FUGACITY

: the vapor pressure of a vapor assumed to be an ideal gas obtained by correcting the determined vapor pressure and useful as a measure of the escaping tendency of a substance from a heterogeneous system

Origin of FUGACITY

fugacious

First Known Use: 1902

Rhymes with FUGACITY

audacity, capacity, edacity, loquacity, mendacity, opacity, predacity, pugnacity, rapacity, sagacity, sequacity, tenacity, veracity, vivacity, voracity