Thesaurus: locus

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1. n. A place; a locality.
2. 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.
3. n. the scene of any event or action (especially the place of a meeting)
4. n. the specific site of a particular gene on its chromosome
5. n. the set of all points or lines that satisfy or are determined by specific conditions
6. 1. A place; a locality. 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. Plane locus, a locus that is a straight line, or a circle. -- Solid locus, a locus that is one of the conic sections.
7. The line traced by a point which varies its position accordingto some determinate law; the surface described by a point or linethat moves according to a given law. Plane locus, a locus that is astraight line, or a circle.-- Solid locus, a locus that is one of the conic sections.
8. n:100 n. the specific site of a particular gene on its chromosome n. the set of all points or lines that satisfy or are determined by specific conditions