fugacity

/ fjuːˈɡæsɪtɪ /

noun

Also calledescaping tendency thermodynamics a property of a gas, related to its partial pressure, that expresses its tendency to escape or expand, given by d(log e f ) = dμ/ RT , where μ is the chemical potential, R the gas constant, and T the thermodynamic temperature f
the state or quality of being fugacious

Its extreme fugacity, however, militates against its employment by artists.

The best of pigments may be ruined by their injudicious use, and obtain a character for fugacity which they in no way deserve.

It is so serviceable a pigment for so many purposes, especially in admixture, that its sin of fugacity is overlooked.

There is no need for this cant cry of fugacity, which casts such a blight on modern art.

Will they not rather spread over the picture the Upas-tree of fugacity, and kill it as they die themselves!

April 25, 2024firkin

[fur-kin ]

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