ubiquitousadj.

Brit.

/juːˈbɪkwᵻtəs/,

/jᵿˈbɪkwᵻtəs/, U.S.

/juˈbɪkwədəs/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ubiquity n., -ous suffix.

Etymology: < ubiquit- (in ubiquity n.) + -ous suffix, perhaps as an alteration of ubiquious adj. Compare earlier ubiquitarian adj., ubiquitary adj.

1. Of God, Christ, the soul, etc.: present in all places; omnipresent. Also: relating to such omnipresence; designating such omnipresence. Now chiefly Theology.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > nature or attributes of God > [adjective] > omnipresent

ubiquitary1591

omnipresent1595

ubiquitair1645

ubiquious1659

omnipresentiala1716

ubiquitous1772

1772 Remarks Introd. Hist. Great Brit. & Ireland 18 When we think him [sc. God] in some matter straitned, or abdridged of room, for his Omnipresence, on the supposition of his essence not pervading this ubiquitous nothing, we seem to forget who he is.

1825 Philomathic Jrnl. July 107 It is not hard to conceive of spirit that it should be ubiquitous; it is repugnant to its nature that it should be confined within material limits at all.

1870 J. Sheppard Thoughts Theol. (ed. 2) i. 13 The ceaseless ubiquitous presence and energy of the Deity.

1943 Philos. Rev. 52 315 If he [sc. God] exists at all, he is in some sense ubiquitous.

1982 Jrnl. Relig. 62 60 Calvin speaks of Christ's ubiquitous nature.

1994 Aquinas Rev. 1 i. 26 Newton too argues that God is ubiquitous and immutable.

a. Of a class or type of person or thing, or of a quality, idea, substance, etc.: present, appearing, or found everywhere; widespread, prevalent, predominant; very common or popular. Also: relating to such presence; designating such presence.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > place > presence > [adjective] > present everywhere

ubiquitary1583

everywherea1600

ubiquitarian1641

ubiquitory1643

omnipresenta1711

ubiquarian1762

totipresent1768

ubiquitous1802

ubiquious1835

all-overish1838

wall-to-wall1967

1802 G. V. Sampson Statist. Surv. Londonderry iii. 201 The almost ubiquitous and perennial daisy, bellis perennis.

1829 United Service Jrnl. Jan. 1 British Power is ubiquitous.

1847 G. Grote Hist. Greece III. ii. xvii. 306 Informing himself, moreover, of passing events by means of ubiquitous spies and officials.

1879 S. C. Bartlett Egypt to Palestine i. 14 On crossing to the Continent, the marks of this ancient and ubiquitous force [sc. the Roman Empire] grew more continuous.

1900 Westm. Gaz. 8 Mar. 3/1 Pastel tones are ubiquitous in both silks and woollens.

1935 Africa 8 417 The Azande nation of the Nile-Uelle divide, where witchcraft is a ubiquitous notion.

1970 Sci. Amer. Feb. 58 The deer mouse.., a small, white-footed species that is noted for its ubiquitous presence throughout North America.

1980 Times 13 Nov. 4/8 It seemed the ubiquitous tea lady was vanishing beneath a tide of vending machines.

1989 Federal News Service (Nexis) 5 Sept. The data..have given us some ideas about the ubiquitous nature of cold cryovolcanism in the outer solar system.

2009 M. Gardiner Memory Collector xxxv. 311 The buildings, the ubiquitous white concrete and blue glass architecture of Silicon Valley, were shut for the weekend.

b. Of an individual person: seeming to be everywhere or in many places at the same time; frequently seen or encountered; unable to be avoided. Also in extended use. Frequently humorous or depreciative. In early use of an individual who is frequently encountered in person; now also of a celebrity or other person who attracts a lot of attention and publicity.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > place > presence > [adjective] > able to be present in many places > present in many locations simultaneously

ubiquitary1632

ubiquitous1830

multilocal1947

multilocational1974

1830 C. M. Sedgwick Clarence II. x. 175 The first face she recognised, the first eye she encountered, were those of our ubiquitous friend Flint.

1837 C. M. Sedgwick Live & let Live vi. 59 ‘And what is all this pattering up and down stairs for?’ asked Mrs. Broadson, who had an ubiquitous pair of ears.

1852 W. M. Thackeray Henry Esmond III. i. 21 Here, as he lay nursing himself, ubiquitous Mr. Holtz re-appeared.

1950 H. Macmillan Diary 9 Aug. (2003) 7 Lunched with Bill Donovan, that ubiquitous and remarkable character who ran OSS.

1975 W. Safire Before Fall 520 There were too many references to the ubiquitous Dr. Kissinger in the speech.

1990 Correspondent Mag. 17 Sept. 62/2 Everybody knew Little Legs. He was ubiquitous.

2010 New Yorker 19 Apr. 120/1 A ubiquitous billionaire celebrity whose teen–age pregnancy, sexual abuse, spiritual evolution,..and fondness for candlelit baths are familiar to millions.

c. Biology. Of an organic molecule, gene, biochemical process, etc.: present, appearing, or found in all or most living organisms, or in a specified range of organisms.

ΚΠ

1908 A. Macfadyen & R. Tanner Cell as Unit of Life i. 151 The enzymes, as we have already indicated, are widely distributed, and one may say ubiquitous in plant and animal life.

1948 Jrnl. Franklin Inst. 245 452 [In tumours], not only the ubiquitous intracellular enzymes, but also those normally localized in certain organs, are found in amounts similar to those in their specific organs.

1979 Somatic Cell Genetics 5 503 The gene is found in different tissues and may be ubiquitous.

2004 M. Vincente Molecules in Time & Space i. 17 How the ubiquitous nucleic acid-based genetic system of extant life originated is one of the major unsolved problems in contemporary biology.

Compounds

ubiquitous computing n. a proposed development of computing in which computers are sufficiently small and inexpensive to be embedded frequently in everyday objects.

ΚΠ

1989 InfoWorld 3 July 38/3 The area of ‘ubiquitous computing’, a research theme in the computer science lab.

1999 Financial Times 6 Dec. (Millenium section) 18/2 Computing power at affordable prices will accelerate the trend towards ubiquitous computing.

2013 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 21 Feb. b1 For Google, the glasses are a major step toward its dream of what is known as ubiquitous computing.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	ubiquitous
释义	ubiquitousadj. Brit. /juːˈbɪkwᵻtəs/, /jᵿˈbɪkwᵻtəs/, U.S. /juˈbɪkwədəs/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ubiquity n., -ous suffix. Etymology: < ubiquit- (in ubiquity n.) + -ous suffix, perhaps as an alteration of ubiquious adj. Compare earlier ubiquitarian adj., ubiquitary adj. 1. Of God, Christ, the soul, etc.: present in all places; omnipresent. Also: relating to such omnipresence; designating such omnipresence. Now chiefly Theology. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > nature or attributes of God > [adjective] > omnipresent ubiquitary1591 omnipresent1595 ubiquitair1645 ubiquious1659 omnipresentiala1716 ubiquitous1772 1772 Remarks Introd. Hist. Great Brit. & Ireland 18 When we think him [sc. God] in some matter straitned, or abdridged of room, for his Omnipresence, on the supposition of his essence not pervading this ubiquitous nothing, we seem to forget who he is. 1825 Philomathic Jrnl. July 107 It is not hard to conceive of spirit that it should be ubiquitous; it is repugnant to its nature that it should be confined within material limits at all. 1870 J. Sheppard Thoughts Theol. (ed. 2) i. 13 The ceaseless ubiquitous presence and energy of the Deity. 1943 Philos. Rev. 52 315 If he [sc. God] exists at all, he is in some sense ubiquitous. 1982 Jrnl. Relig. 62 60 Calvin speaks of Christ's ubiquitous nature. 1994 Aquinas Rev. 1 i. 26 Newton too argues that God is ubiquitous and immutable. 2. a. Of a class or type of person or thing, or of a quality, idea, substance, etc.: present, appearing, or found everywhere; widespread, prevalent, predominant; very common or popular. Also: relating to such presence; designating such presence. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > presence > [adjective] > present everywhere ubiquitary1583 everywherea1600 ubiquitarian1641 ubiquitory1643 omnipresenta1711 ubiquarian1762 totipresent1768 ubiquitous1802 ubiquious1835 all-overish1838 wall-to-wall1967 1802 G. V. Sampson Statist. Surv. Londonderry iii. 201 The almost ubiquitous and perennial daisy, bellis perennis. 1829 United Service Jrnl. Jan. 1 British Power is ubiquitous. 1847 G. Grote Hist. Greece III. ii. xvii. 306 Informing himself, moreover, of passing events by means of ubiquitous spies and officials. 1879 S. C. Bartlett Egypt to Palestine i. 14 On crossing to the Continent, the marks of this ancient and ubiquitous force [sc. the Roman Empire] grew more continuous. 1900 Westm. Gaz. 8 Mar. 3/1 Pastel tones are ubiquitous in both silks and woollens. 1935 Africa 8 417 The Azande nation of the Nile-Uelle divide, where witchcraft is a ubiquitous notion. 1970 Sci. Amer. Feb. 58 The deer mouse.., a small, white-footed species that is noted for its ubiquitous presence throughout North America. 1980 Times 13 Nov. 4/8 It seemed the ubiquitous tea lady was vanishing beneath a tide of vending machines. 1989 Federal News Service (Nexis) 5 Sept. The data..have given us some ideas about the ubiquitous nature of cold cryovolcanism in the outer solar system. 2009 M. Gardiner Memory Collector xxxv. 311 The buildings, the ubiquitous white concrete and blue glass architecture of Silicon Valley, were shut for the weekend. b. Of an individual person: seeming to be everywhere or in many places at the same time; frequently seen or encountered; unable to be avoided. Also in extended use. Frequently humorous or depreciative. In early use of an individual who is frequently encountered in person; now also of a celebrity or other person who attracts a lot of attention and publicity. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > presence > [adjective] > able to be present in many places > present in many locations simultaneously ubiquitary1632 ubiquitous1830 multilocal1947 multilocational1974 1830 C. M. Sedgwick Clarence II. x. 175 The first face she recognised, the first eye she encountered, were those of our ubiquitous friend Flint. 1837 C. M. Sedgwick Live & let Live vi. 59 ‘And what is all this pattering up and down stairs for?’ asked Mrs. Broadson, who had an ubiquitous pair of ears. 1852 W. M. Thackeray Henry Esmond III. i. 21 Here, as he lay nursing himself, ubiquitous Mr. Holtz re-appeared. 1950 H. Macmillan Diary 9 Aug. (2003) 7 Lunched with Bill Donovan, that ubiquitous and remarkable character who ran OSS. 1975 W. Safire Before Fall 520 There were too many references to the ubiquitous Dr. Kissinger in the speech. 1990 Correspondent Mag. 17 Sept. 62/2 Everybody knew Little Legs. He was ubiquitous. 2010 New Yorker 19 Apr. 120/1 A ubiquitous billionaire celebrity whose teen–age pregnancy, sexual abuse, spiritual evolution,..and fondness for candlelit baths are familiar to millions. c. Biology. Of an organic molecule, gene, biochemical process, etc.: present, appearing, or found in all or most living organisms, or in a specified range of organisms. ΚΠ 1908 A. Macfadyen & R. Tanner Cell as Unit of Life i. 151 The enzymes, as we have already indicated, are widely distributed, and one may say ubiquitous in plant and animal life. 1948 Jrnl. Franklin Inst. 245 452 [In tumours], not only the ubiquitous intracellular enzymes, but also those normally localized in certain organs, are found in amounts similar to those in their specific organs. 1979 Somatic Cell Genetics 5 503 The gene is found in different tissues and may be ubiquitous. 2004 M. Vincente Molecules in Time & Space i. 17 How the ubiquitous nucleic acid-based genetic system of extant life originated is one of the major unsolved problems in contemporary biology. Compounds ubiquitous computing n. a proposed development of computing in which computers are sufficiently small and inexpensive to be embedded frequently in everyday objects. ΚΠ 1989 InfoWorld 3 July 38/3 The area of ‘ubiquitous computing’, a research theme in the computer science lab. 1999 Financial Times 6 Dec. (Millenium section) 18/2 Computing power at affordable prices will accelerate the trend towards ubiquitous computing. 2013 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 21 Feb. b1 For Google, the glasses are a major step toward its dream of what is known as ubiquitous computing. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1772
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