loca
- a plural of locus.
locus
- 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.
Origin of locus
Related Words
bearinghabitstraitsiteattitudemannerpassplightportmiendeportmentarrangementstatelocationemplacementformposespotdispositionconditionExamples from the Web for loca
Historical Examples
In the urbana auspicia all loca effata must be within the sacred boundary of the pomoerium.
The Religious Experience of the Roman PeopleW. Warde Fowler
On the medieval stage there was a neutral place or platea and special localized and propertied places called sedes, domus, loca.
The Facts About ShakespeareWilliam Allan Nielson
On the Elizabethan stage the front stage is the platea, the inner and upper stages the domus or loca.
The Facts About ShakespeareWilliam Allan Nielson
Loca sacra etiam ipsa Dei templa monialium stupro et sanguinis et seminis effusione profanare non verentur.
History of the Reformation in the Sixteenth Century, Volume VJ. H. Merle d'Aubigné
Reguli interea in loca propinqua thesauris alius alio concessere.
De Bello Catilinario et JugurthinoCaius Sallustii Crispi (Sallustius)
locus
- (in many legal phrases) a place or area, esp the place where something occurred
- maths a set of points whose location satisfies or is determined by one or more specified conditionsthe locus of points equidistant from a given point is a circle
- genetics the position of a particular gene on a chromosome
Word Origin
Word Origin and History for loca
locus
n.
(plural loci), 1715, "locality," from Latin locus "a place, spot, position," from Old Latin stlocus, literally "where something is placed," from PIE root *st(h)el- "to cause to stand, to place." Used by Latin writers for Greek topos. Mathematical sense by 1750.
locus
(lō′kəs)- A place; site.
- The position that a given gene occupies on a chromosome.
locus
- The set or configuration of all points whose coordinates satisfy a single equation or one or more algebraic conditions.
- The position that a given gene occupies on a chromosome.
locus
plur. loci (loh-seye, loh-keye)
In geometry, the set of all points (and only those points) that satisfy certain conditions; these points form a curve or figure. For example, the locus of all points in space one foot from a given point is a sphere having a radius of one foot and having its center at the given point. The locus of all points in a plane one foot from a given point is a circle having a radius of one foot and having its center at the given point.