fu·ga·cious (fy -g  sh s)adj. 1. Passing away quickly; evanescent. 2. Botany Withering or dropping off early. [From Latin fug x, fugc-, from fugere, to flee.]fu·ga cious·ly adv.fu·ga cious·ness, fu·gaci·ty (-g s -t ) n. |
fugacity
the condition of being fugacious or transitory; evanescence. — fugacious, adj.
See also: Decaying
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| Noun | 1. | fugacity - the tendency of a gas to expand or escape physical property - any property used to characterize matter and energy and their interactions |
| 2. | fugacity - the lack of enduring qualities (used chiefly of plant parts) transience, transiency, transitoriness - an impermanence that suggests the inevitability of ending or dying |
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