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locus
n.
place, location
Locus
The word
locus (plural
loci) is Latin for "place". It may refer to:
Positions
- Locus of control, in industrial psychology, having an internal or external locus of control
- Locus (genetics), the position of a gene (or other significant sequence) on a chromosome
- Locus (mathematics), the set of points satisfying a particular condition, often forming a curve
- Root locus, a diagram visualizing the position of roots as a parameter changes
- Locus (medicine), the "place" on the body where a pathogen enters
locus
Noun
1. the scene of any event or action (especially the place of a meeting)
(synonym) venue, locale
(hypernym) scene
2. the specific site of a particular gene on its chromosome
(hypernym) site, situation
3. 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"
(hypernym) set
locus
n.
střed; lokus
Locus
(n.)
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.
(n.)
A place; a locality.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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