ubiquity

noun ubiq·ui·ty \ yü-ˈbi-kwə-tē \

Definition of ubiquity

:presence everywhere or in many places especially simultaneously :omnipresence

Recent Examples of ubiquity from the Web

Only a handful of software companies have ascended to a similar echelon of ubiquity, including Microsoft, Google, and Apple.

— sebastian anthony, Ars Technica, "Facebook’s evolutionary search for crashing software bugs," 22 Aug. 2017
With their ubiquity will come applications nobody’s yet imagined.

— scott canon, kansascity, "A smart city need not be ugly," 7 Aug. 2017
And what is happening, for starters, is old-fashioned cultural ubiquity, the mass acceptance of a performer, the kind that happened before the internet fragmented our tastes into many narrow niches.

— christopher borrelli, chicagotribune.com, "Who doesn't like Chance the Rapper?," 28 July 2017
The sudden ubiquity of the term in American politics — at least among left-wing elites — owes itself to two new developments.

— jonathan chait, Daily Intelligencer, "How ‘Neoliberalism’ Became The Left’s Favorite Insult Of Liberals," 16 July 2017
For all the ubiquity of the Beethoven, the two French works on the night's first half were true rarities.

— zachary lewis, cleveland.com, "Cleveland Orchestra at Blossom surprises with Beethoven and delights with French delicacies (review)," 16 July 2017
His first entries note the high cost of pot and groceries, and the ubiquity of electrical tape in stores.

— heller mcalpin, The Christian Science Monitor, "'Theft By Finding' opens a window into David Sedaris's past through his diaries," 4 July 2017
But its ubiquity combined with its relative inexpensiveness has allowed the product to survive mostly unscathed.

— patrick cooley, cleveland.com, "Spam: A brief history of the meat product as it turns 80," 4 July 2017
With that ubiquity has come an evolution in our audiences, which are more sophisticated and demanding than ever.

— olivier laurent, Time, "Why We Do It: Photographers and Photo Editors on the Passion That Drives Their Work," 30 June 2017

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Origin and Etymology of ubiquity

Latin ubique everywhere, from ubi where + -que, enclitic generalizing particle; akin to Latin quis who and to Latin -que and — more at who, sesqui-

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First Known Use: 1572

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