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 Definitions of Locus  [ɪ, -ki, -kaɪ]  

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Definition of 'Locus' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) locus
a place; locality.

2.  locus
a center or source, as of activities or power:
locus of control.

3.  locus
Math. the set of all points, lines, or surfaces that satisfy a given requirement.

4.  locus
the position of a gene on a chromosome.

Etymology:  (1525–35; < L; OL stlocus)

Definition of 'Locus' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) venue, locale, locus
the scene of any event or action (especially the place of a meeting)

2. (noun) locus
the specific site of a particular gene on its chromosome

3. (noun) locus
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"
Definition of 'Locus' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) Locus
a place; a locality

2. (noun) Locus
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
Definition of 'Locus' The Standard Electrical Dictionary 

1.  Locus
A place. The word is used to designate the locality or position of, or series of positions of definite conditions and the like. Thus an isogonic line is the locus of equal declinations of the magnetic needle; it is a line passing through all places on the earth's surface where the condition of a given declination is found to exist.

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