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ubiquity Definition

ubiqui·ty (-tē)

noun

the state, fact, or capacity of being, or seeming to be, everywhere at the same time; omnipresence

Etymology: Fr ubiquité < L ubique, everywhere < ubi, where + -que, any, akin to qui: see who

ubiquity Synonyms

ubiquity

n.

omnipresence, all-presence, universality, pervasion, pervasiveness.

ubiquity Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • speed: Arthur R. Jensen ( 2000 ) The Ubiquity of Mental Speed and the Centrality of Working Memory.
  • computer: With the ubiquity of computers, networks, email and the World Wide Web, news about JSTOR is spreading through the scholarly community.
  • advertising: Cited by John Fraim in Friendly Persuasion: The growing ubiquity of advertising, or What happens when everyone becomes an ad?
  • device: Clearly, the wireless era, powered by the ubiquity of the device and the arrival of 3G, is under way.
  • Internet: In principle, the idea of the ubiquity of the Internet looks convincing.
  • technology: The ubiquity of GSM technology in Europe leads proponents of airborne mobile services to favor 1800 MHz GSM for the initial service.

Converse of object

  • grow: With the growing ubiquity of computing, particularly use of the Internet, projects which once would have been unthinkable have become commonplace.
  • increase: With increasing ubiquity of the Internet, recent years have seen an explosion in these multiplayer and online games.
  • notice: Along with gothic renditions of the Grim Reaper and bracelets of barbwire, you'll notice the ubiquity of Harley Davidson motifs.
  • approach: As networks approach ubiquity, tho, the advantages and challenges of distributed computing emerge.
  • leverage: Interesting to see the applications that are coming forward to leverage the ubiquity of the mobile phone!
  • highlight: Up to this point the first chapter was entirely dedicated to highlighting the ubiquity of analogy in cognitive operations.

Adjective modifier

  • sheer: The sheer ubiquity of the correspondents empowered by the new technology in wartime brings an added strain for Service families.
  • near: Here in Britain that journey to near ubiquity is almost complete.
  • very: The problems with these units is that their very ubiquity forces landlords to compete with each other for tenants driving down rents and yields.
  • current: Which makes its current ubiquity seem all the more remarkable.
  • such: Such ubiquity forces us to ask questions including, ' What good does it do?
  • subsequent: For all its subsequent ubiquity, Nationwide sidled onto TV screens at 6pm on Tuesday 9 September 1969 with an absolute minimum of publicity.

Noun used with modifier

  • medium: And thatâs a level of media ubiquity that few celebrities or news stories ever attain.
  • half: Partner developments: During the first half Ubiquity continued to develop channel partnerships with software and equipment vendors.

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