Locus \Lo"cus\, n.; pl. Loci, & Loca. [L., place. Cf.
Allow, Couch, Lieu, Local.]
1. A place; a locality.
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2. (Math.) 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.
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Plane locus, a locus that is a straight line, or a circle.
Solid locus, a locus that is one of the conic sections.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
locus
n 1: the scene of any event or action (especially the place of a
meeting) [syn: venue, locale]
2: the specific site of a particular gene on its chromosome
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"
[also: loci (pl)]
WordNet (r) 2.0
27 Moby Thesaurus words for "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
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
Locus
A distributed system project supporting transparent access to
data through a network-wide file system.
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)
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