单词 | ubication |
释义 | ubicationn. Now somewhat rare. The fact or condition of occupying a certain place or position; the place in which a person or thing is; location. Also: a location. Cf. ubiety n.Now chiefly in Spanish-speaking contexts. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > position or situation > [noun] > fact of being in beingc1330 ubiation1624 lying1634 ubication1635 1635 J. Lechmere Relection Conf. Reall Presence v. 469 Your vbication in this place where you are. 1661 J. Glanvill Vanity of Dogmatizing 101 We ask not, in what place a thought is... Relations, Ubications, Duration, the vulgar Philosophy admits into the list of something. 1704 W. Darrell Gentleman Instructed vi. 166 Your Friend is..the Child of Strife and Motion, a Heap of Dust with a Complex of Ubications, a Figure without Soul. 1782 Mr. Lemon Diss. Errors Marksmen & Gunmakers 25 As long as the winged species of game continue their ubication on the surface of the earth. 1837 W. Whewell Hist. Inductive Sci. II. vi. ii. 45 [Roderigo de] Arriaga, who wrote in 1639,..suggests that the board affects the upper weight, which it does not touch, by its ubication, or whereness. 1892 Standard 5 Aug. The constant identity of the ubication and direction of the lines [in Mars] proved their connection with the soil. 1931 Studies 20 68 The idea..helps us to understand certain relationships between different bodies and different ubications. 2003 B. A. Hayden Salvadorans in Costa Rica iii. 41 Changes in ubication, either geographic or social, may therefore be experienced in terms of changes in the use of space. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1635 |
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