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Definition of Ubiquity - 3 dictionary results

u⋅biq⋅ui⋅ty

[yoo-bik-wi-tee]
–noun
1. the state or capacity of being everywhere, esp. at the same time; omnipresence: the ubiquity of magical beliefs.
2. (initial capital letter) Theology. the omnipresence of God or Christ.

Origin:
1570–80; < NL ubiquitās, equiv. to L ubīqu(e) everywhere + -itās -ity
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u·biq·ui·ty   (yōō-bĭk'wĭ-tē)   
n.  Existence or apparent existence everywhere at the same time; omnipresence: "the repetitiveness, the selfsameness, and the ubiquity of modern mass culture" (Theodor Adorno ).

[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.]
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Word Origin & History

ubiquity 
1579, from M.Fr. ubiquité (17c.), from L. ubique "everywhere," from ubi "where" (see ubi) + que "any, also, ever," a suffix that can give universal meaning to the word it is attached to. Originally a Lutheran theological position maintaining the omnipresence of Christ. Ubiquitous in the sense of "turning up everywhere" is first recorded 1837, originally a jocular extension of the theological word.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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