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- Dictionarylocus/ˈləʊkəs/
noun
- 1. a particular position or place where something occurs or is situated: technical "it is impossible to specify the exact locus in the brain of these neural events"
- 2. a curve or other figure 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: "a parabola is the locus of a point that moves so as to be equidistant from a fixed point and a straight line"
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LOCUS definition: 1. the place where something happens or the central area of interest in something being discussed…. Learn more.
The meaning of LOCUS is the place where something is situated or occurs : site, location. How to use locus in a sentence.
LOCUS meaning: 1. the place where something happens or the central area of interest in something being discussed…. Learn more.
a place; locality. a center or source, as of activities or power: locus of control. Mathematics. the set of all points, lines, or surfaces that satisfy a given requirement. Genetics. the chromosomal position of a gene as determined by its linear order relative to the other genes on that chromosome. locus. / ˈləʊkəs /.
1. (in many legal phrases) a place or area, esp the place where something occurred. 2. mathematics. a set of points whose location satisfies or is determined by one or more specified conditions. the locus of points equidistant from a given point is a circle. 3. genetics. the position of a particular gene on a chromosome. Collins English Dictionary.
1. a place; locality. 2. a center or source, as of activities or power: locus of control.
In math, a locus is when a set of points all meet at a designated location: a circle is the locus of points equal in length from one given point. In genetics, the locus is the location of a certain gene on a chromosome.
LOCUS meaning: a central or main place where something happens or is found.
Locus definition, a place; locality. See more. Genetics.. the chromosomal position of a gene as determined by its linear order relative to the other genes on that chromosome.
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English lo‧cus /ˈləʊkəs $ ˈloʊ-/ noun (plural loci /ˈləʊsaɪ $ ˈloʊ-, -ki/) [ countable] formal the place where something is particularly known to exist, or which is the centre of something locus of The Politburo was the locus of all power in the Soviet Union.
