ubiquity
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English
Etymology
From Medieval Latin ubīquitās, from Latin ubīque.
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Noun
ubiquity (countable and uncountable, plural ubiquities)
- (uncountable) The state or quality of being, or appearing to be, everywhere at once; actual or perceived omnipresence.
- 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.
- 2004, Martin Amis, The Guardian, reprinted in The Rub of Time (NY: Knopf, 2018), p. 228:
- (countable, sciences) Anything that is ubiquitous within a specified area.
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omnipresence
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