Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Situation; position; local relation; place of rest or lodgment. [Rare.] Ubeity; whereness.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun rare The quality or state of being in a place; local relation; position or location; whereness.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The quality or state of being in a
place ;position orlocation ;whereness ;ubiety .
Etymologies
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From Latin ubi where.
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The quality or state of being in a place; local relation; position or location; whereness. “… would then comport my further transformation into one of those beasts I define as awake by virtue of their ubication in sleep’s interior.” senescence.
she commented on the word ubication
n., the condition of being in a certain place. From Latin word meaning 'where.' (See also: ubity, ubiation)
July 8, 2008
super-logos commented on the word ubication
cf. ubiquity
August 29, 2008