Definition of ubiquity

competent Definition: (adjective) having the skill and knowledge needed for a particular task; capable Petersons.com

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u·biq·ui·ty    (y-bkw-t) KEY  

NOUN:

Existence or apparent existence everywhere at the same time; omnipresence: "the repetitiveness, the selfsameness, and the ubiquity of modern mass culture" (Theodor Adorno ).

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ETYMOLOGY:
New Latin ubquits, from Latin ubque, everywhere : ub, where; see k^wo- in Indo-European roots + -que, and, generalizing particle; see k^we in Indo-European roots

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