ubiquity
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
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
Browse dictionary entries near ubiquity
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