Definition of Lous
Lo"cus (?), n.; pl.
Loci (#), & Loca (#). [L., place.
Cf. Allow, Couch, Lieu, Local.]
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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- A place or locality, especially a centre of activity or the scene of a crime.
The cafeteria was the locus of activity.
- (math) The set of all points whose coordinates satisfy a given equation or set of condition.
A circle is the locus of a point equidistant from some other point.
- (genetics) The position on a chromosome occupied by a given gene.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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