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Complete Definition of "ubiquitous"

was wotd|2006|June|16
English

Etymology
From L. ubique, everywhere

Pronunciation
IPA|/juËˈbɪkwɪtÉ™s/, SAMPA|/ju:"bIkwIt@s/
audio|en-uk-ubiquitous.ogg|Audio (UK)
audio|en-us-ubiquitous.ogg|Audio (US)

Adjective
en-adj-notcomp

  1. Being everywhere at once: omnipresent.
  2. Seeming to appear everywhere at the same time.

Quotations
1851 — w:Herman Melville|Herman Melville, s:Moby Dick|Moby Dick, Ch. 41

1927-1929 — w:Mahatma Gandhi|Mahatma Gandhi, s:An Autobiography or The Story of my Experiments with Truth|An Autobiography or The Story of my Experiments with Truth, Part V (XII) s:The Stain of Indigo|The Stain of Indigo, translated 1940 by w:Mahadev Desai|Mahadev Desai

Synonyms
(being everywhere): omnipresent
(seeming to appear everywhere at the same time): ever-present

Derived terms
ubiquitously

Related terms
ubiquarian
ubiquity

Translations
trans-top|being everywhere
Czech: t+|cs|všudypřítomný|m
Danish: t|da|allestedsnærværende
Dutch: t-|nl|alomtegenwoordig
Finnish: kaikkialla olla|oleva
French: t+|fr|ubiquiste|m|f, t+|fr|ubiquitaire|m|f, t+|fr|omniprésent|m, t+|fr|omniprésente|f
German: t|de|allgegenwärtig, überall vorhanden
Italian: ubiquitario m
Japanese: JAchar|é在㮠(henzai no)
trans-mid
Latin: omnipresens
Norwegian: t|no|allestedsnærværende
Portuguese: t|pt|ubíquo|m
Russian: t+|ru|вездеÑущий|trvezdesúšÄij|scCyrl
Spanish: t-|es|ubicuo
Swedish: allerstädes närvarande
Polish: wszędobylski
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trans-top|seeming to appear everywhere at the same time
Dutch: t-|nl|alomtegenwoordig
Finnish: kaikkialla olla|oleva
French: ubiquiste m|f, ubiquitaire m|f
German: t|de|allgegenwärtig, überall vorhanden
Italian: ubiquitario m
trans-mid
Latin: ubiquitus
Portuguese: t|pt|ubíquo|m
Russian: вездеÑущий (vezdesúšÄij)
Spanish: t-|es|ubicuo
Polish: wszechobecny
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