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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Fugacious #178749 08/15/2008 3:03 PM Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 7 MN, USA Trident stranger Trident stranger Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 7 MN, USA The word reminds me of fugacity, frequently encountered in chemistry/thermodynamics. It indicates the potential of one chemical substance to stay in one phase as a liquid/vapor/solid, Here's a wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fugacity Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Fugacious Trident #178763 08/16/2008 2:42 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Welcome, Trident! Dang--I would have guessed it as an assessment one uses when entering a smoke-filled bar... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Fugacious Jackie #178882 08/23/2008 6:28 PM Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,773 Apple Valley, CA, USA dalehileman Pooh-Bah dalehileman Pooh-Bah Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,773 Apple Valley, CA, USA Fugacity: A community in which the dissociative disorder is prevalent. Nobody is quite sure who they were born, what it is they're supposed to do for a living, or whether they're with the same person whom they married or whose children are living with them dalehileman Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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