FUGACITY

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

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)

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)