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FUGACITY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The lack of enduring qualities (used chiefly of plant parts)
Synonyms:
fugaciousness; fugacity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
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 ((botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion)
Derivation:
fugacious (lasting a very short time)
Sense 2
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 (any property used to characterize matter and energy and their interactions)
