UBIQUITY

ubiquity, ubiquitousness, omnipresence

(noun) the state of being everywhere at once (or seeming to be everywhere at once)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

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.

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

Synonyms

• omnipresence

Antonyms

• uniquity

Source: Wiktionary


U*biq"ui*ty, n. Etym: [L. ubique everywhere, fr. ubi where, perhaps for cubi, quobi (cf. alicubi anywhere), and if so akin to E. who: cf. F. ubiquité.]

1. Existence everywhere, or in places, at the same time; omnipresence; as, the ubiquity of God is not disputed by those who admit his existence. The arms of Rome . . . were impeded by . . . the wide spaces to be traversed and the ubiquity of the enemy. C. Merivale.

2. (Theol.)

Definition: The doctrine, as formulated by Luther, that Christ's glorified body is omnipresent.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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