the state, fact, or capacity of being, or seeming to be, everywhere at the same time; omnipresence
Origin of ubiquity
French ubiquité from Classical Latin ubique, everywhere from ubi, where + -que, any, akin to qui: see who
noun
Ubiquity is the state of being very widespread or seeming to be everywhere at once.
When a new popular book seems to be discussed absolutely everywhere and by absolutely everyone, this is an example of ubiquity.
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noun
Existence or apparent existence everywhere at the same time; omnipresence: “the repetitiveness, the selfsameness, and the ubiquity of modern mass culture” ( Theodor Adorno )
Origin of ubiquity
New Latin ubīquitās from Latin ubīque everywhere ubī where ; see kwo- in Indo-European roots. -que and, generalizing particle ; see kwe in Indo-European roots.THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Noun
(countable and uncountable, plural ubiquities)
- (uncountable) The state or quality of being, or appearing to be, everywhere at once; actual or perceived omnipresence.
- (countable, sciences) Anything that is found to be ubiquitous within a specified area.
Origin
From Middle French ubiquité, from Latin ubique.
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Sentence Examples
- Microsoft came late to the party, but they also developed a streaming capability in their Windows Media Player, and with the ubiquity of the Windows Platform it became used constantly.
- To Luther's doctrine of the ubiquity of Christ's body he opposed that of the presence and activity of the Holy Spirit in the church.
- They were allowed to hold land and were encouraged to become - what their ubiquity qualified them to be - the merchant princes of Europe.
- Zwingli attacked the weakest part of Luther's theory - the ubiquity of the body of Christ; and Luther attacked Zwingli's exegesis of the words of the institution.
- This being the case, and having regard to the minuteness and ubiquity of these organisms, we should be very careful in accepting evidence as to the continuity or otherwise of any two forms which falls short of direct and uninterrupted observation.
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