Definition of
Ubiquity
- (noun, state) the state of being everywhere at once (or seeming to be everywhere at once)
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Synonyms of Ubiquity
Origin of the word Ubiquity
- 1579, from M.Fr. ubiquit? (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, … more
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