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ubiety

 
Dictionary: u·bi·e·ty
(yū-bī'ĭ-tē) pronunciation
n.
The condition of being located in a particular place.

[Latin ubī, where; see ubiquity + -TY.]


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(yoo-BYE-i-tee)

noun
The condition of existing in a particular location.

Etymology
From Latin ubi (where) + -ety, a variant of ity

Here's a more familiar word with the same root: ubiquity, the state of being everywhere.

Usage
"Ubiety suffuses Milosz's work, though he says that `whether I wanted this to happen or not, the landscapes of California have merged with the landscapes of Lithuania.'" — David Kipen, ABCs of Milosz -- A Life in Letters, The San Francisco Chronicle, Mar 21, 2001.

"And so every anecdote in Northern Ireland has to come accompanied by its refutation. One person will tell a story pointing up the ubiety of the sectarian divide, and how both groups can instantly identify one another and then someone else will chime up and say: but what about so-and-so." — Will Self, A Little Cottage Industry Business is Thriving in Northern Ireland, The Guardian (London), Jul 10, 1994.


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position, location; whereness
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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: the state of existing and being localized in space


 
 
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