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ubiquity

noun

  1. state of being present everywhere
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Pronunciation: /juːˈbɪkwɪti/ / /juˈbɪkwɪti/ / /juˈbɪkwəti/

noun

Etymology: From Medieval Latin ubīquitās, from Latin ubīque.

  1. The state or quality of being, or appearing to be, everywhere at once; actual or perceived omnipresence.

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

    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.

  2. Anything that is ubiquitous within a specified area.