Locus - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈləʊkəs|
Brit.
|ˈləʊkəs|
noun
- the scene of any event or action (especially the place of a meeting) (syn: locale, venue)
- the specific site of a particular gene on its chromosome
- the set of all points or lines that satisfy or are determined by specific conditions
- the specific site of a particular gene on its chromosome
- 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
Extra examples
The area became a locus of resistance to the government.
...an area of the Southwest that has been the locus of a number of New Agey movements...
In democracy the locus of power is in the people.
The Politburo was the locus of all power in the Soviet Union.
...the loft district is the locus of the city's kinetic arts scene...
Word forms
noun
singular: locus
plural: loci
singular: locus
plural: loci
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