ubiquity

From Medieval Latin ubīquitās, from Latin ubīque.

• IPA^(key): /juˈbɪkwɪti/

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• Hyphenation: ubi‧quity
• Rhymes: -ɪkwɪti

ubiquity (countable and uncountable, plural ubiquities)

1. (uncountable) The state or quality of being, or appearing to be, everywhere at once; actual or perceived omnipresence.
   • 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page iii:

     Hence the ubiquity of Priapus himself as a sculptural representative of the generative principle, populated the Roman gardens, assertive in ithyphallic pose.

   • 2004, Martin Amis, The Guardian, reprinted in The Rub of Time (NY: Knopf, 2018), p. 228:

     It would be hard to exaggerate the ubiquity of the diminutive (-ito, -ita) in Latin American Spanish, which originates from the extreme reverence and indulgence accorded to the young.

   • 2013 July 26, Leo Hickman, “How algorithms rule the world”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 7, page 26:

     The use of algorithms in policing is one example of their increasing influence on our lives. And, as their ubiquity spreads, so too does the debate around whether we should allow ourselves to become so reliant on them – and who, if anyone, is policing their use.

2. (countable, sciences) Anything that is ubiquitous within a specified area.

• omnipresence

• uniquity

• ubiquitous

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