Locus Definition

lōkəs
loci
noun
loci
A place.
Webster's New World
A center or focus of great activity or intense concentration.
American Heritage
Any system of points, lines, etc. which satisfies one or more given conditions.
Webster's New World
The position on a chromosome occupied by a particular gene.
Webster's New World
A line, plane, etc. every point of which satisfies a given condition and which contains no point that does not satisfy this condition.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Locus

Noun

Singular:
locus
Plural:
loci

Origin of Locus

  • From Latin locus.

    From Wiktionary

  • Latin

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Locus Sentence Examples

  • The locus of these intersections is the quadratrix.

  • People either have an external or internal locus of control.

  • By means of this expression we may trace the locus of a band of given order as b varies.

  • Reading speed improves if a new trained retinal locus (TRL) is established in an area that is more favorable for reading.

  • Similarly any other property might be used as a definition; an ellipse is the locus of a point such that the sum of its distances from two fixed points (the foci) is constant, &c., &c.

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Words Starting With

LLOLOC

Words Ending With

SUSCUS

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Words Starting With L and Ending With S

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