FUGACITY


Meaning of FUGACITY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ fyü-ˈga-sə-tē ]

noun

Etymology: fugacious

Date: 1902

: 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

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