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Webster 1913 Edition

Fugacity

Fu-gac′i-ty

,

Adj.

[L

fugacitas

: cf. F.

fugacité

.]

1.

The quality of being fugacious; fugaclousness; volatility;

as,

fugacity

of spirits

.

Boyle.

2.

Uncertainty; instability.

Johnson.

Webster 1828 Edition

Fugacity

FUGAC'ITY

,

Noun.

[L. fugax, supra.]

1.

Volatility; the quality of flying away; as the fugacity of spires.

2.

Uncertainty; instability.