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locus
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun locus has 3 senses
- locus(n = noun.location) locale, venue - the scene of any event or action (especially the place of a meeting); Array is a kind of scene
- locus(n = noun.location) Array - the specific site of a particular gene on its chromosome; Array is a kind of site, situation
- locus(n = noun.group) Array - the set of all points or lines that satisfy or are determined by specific conditions; "the locus of points equidistant from a given point is a circle" is a kind of set
CIDE DICTIONARY
- A place; a locality. [1913 Webster]
- The line traced by a point which varies its position according to some determinate law; the surface described by a point or line that moves according to a given law. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
locus, n. (pl. loci)
1 a position or point, esp. in a text, treatise, etc.
2 Math. a curve etc. formed by all the points satisfying a particular equation of the relation between coordinates, or by a point, line, or surface moving according to mathematically defined conditions.
3 Biol. the position of a gene, mutation, etc. on a chromosome.
1 a position or point, esp. in a text, treatise, etc.
2 Math. a curve etc. formed by all the points satisfying a particular equation of the relation between coordinates, or by a point, line, or surface moving according to mathematically defined conditions.
3 Biol. the position of a gene, mutation, etc. on a chromosome.
Etymology
L, = place
THESAURUS
locus
abode, area, bearings, bench mark, district, emplacement, hole, latitude and longitude, lieu, locale, locality, location, pinpoint, place, placement, point, position, region, site, situation, situs, spot, station, stead, where, whereabout, whereabouts
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