[ad. mod.L. *ubicātio (cf. Sp. ubicacion, Pg. ubicação), f. *ubicāre (Sp. ubicarse to be in a determinate place), f. L. ubi UBI.] The condition or fact of being in, or occupying, a certain place or position; location.
1644. Digby, Nat. Soule, v. § 9. 400. We conceiue these modications of the thing, like substances; and … we call them by substantiue names, Whitenesse, Action, Vbication, Duration, &c.
1661. Glanvill, Van. Dogm., 101. Relations, Ubications, Duration, the vulgar Philosophy admits into the list of something.
1699. Burnet, 39 Art., xxviii. (1700), 324. They are accustomed to think that Ubication, or the being in a Place, is but an Accident to a Substance.
1837. Whewell, Hist. Induct. Sci., II. VI. ii. § 5. 45. Arriaga, who wrote in 1639,… suggests that the board affects the upper weight, which it does not touch, by its ubication, or whereness.
1866. T. N. Harper, Peace through Truth, Ser. I. 212. The terminus ad quem is already existing, and merely receives a new ubication.
1892. Standard, 5 Aug. The constant identity of the ubication and direction of the lines [in Mars] proved their connection with the soil.
