fugacity
/fjuːˈɡæsɪti/noun
fugacity is spelled F-U-G-A-C-I-T-Y: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 45 million words in written English, the 206,808th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, fugacity means “A measure of the tendency of a fluid to expand or escape” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of fugacity is fugacities.
How many letters and syllables are in fugacity?
| Letters | 8: F-U-G-A-C-I-T-Y |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 45 million words; the 206,808th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is fugacity?
Fugacity appears about once in every 45 million words in written English, the 206,808th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce fugacity?
- /fjuːˈɡæsɪti/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of fugacity
- fugacities plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does fugacity mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A measure of the tendency of a fluid to expand or escape.
- 2
A measure of the relative stability of different phases of a substance under the same conditions.
- 3
Transience.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does fugacity come from?
From Latin fugiō (“flee”) + -acity.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).