locus
[loh-kuh s]
- 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.
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Origin of locus
1525–35; < Latin; OL stlocus a place
locus classicus
[loh-koo s klahs-si-koo s; English loh-kuh s klas-i-kuh s]
- classical source: a passage commonly cited to illustrate or explain a subject or word.
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locus in quo
[loh-koo s in kwoh; English loh-kuh s in kwoh]
- the place in which; the very place; the scene of the event.
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locus sigilli
[loh-koo s see-geel-lee; English loh-kuh s si-jil-ahy]
- See L.S.(def 3).
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Contemporary Examples
With Mitch McConnell soon to be in charge, look for the Senate to become the locus of attacks on campaign finance reform.
The 18th Street Gang was named after the locus of its birth in the Ramparts section.
This question of accountability has interesting links with the theory of “locus of control.”
He despised it for showing war not as an arena of bravery and honor but as a locus of dread and fear.
Did Hollywood Collaborate With Hitler? A New Book Makes Bold Claims.Christopher Bray
September 9, 2013
At the locus of policy on peace, territory and Palestinians, the picture is worse.
Historical Examples
We had no "locus standi" for complaining of this change and did not complain.
Current History, A Monthly MagazineNew York Times
The result is that you have no locus standi as a resident in the house.
The Rough RoadWilliam John Locke
The locus of the idea, of the given problem, is not the same in the two processes.
Essay on the Creative ImaginationTh. Ribot
The nursing situation is the locus of all that is known and done in nursing.
Nursing as CaringAnne Boykin
And as I had no army with me, I had no locus standi for sending an ambassador.
The Kath Sarit SgaraSomadeva Bhatta
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
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Word Origin
C18: Latin
locus classicus
- an authoritative and often quoted passage from a standard work
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Word Origin
Latin: classical place
locus sigilli
- the place to which the seal is affixed on legal documents, etc
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Word Origin
Latin
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Word Origin and History for 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.
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
locus
(lō′kəs)- A place; site.
- The position that a given gene occupies on a chromosome.
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The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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locus
[lō′kəs]
- 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.
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The American Heritage® Science Dictionary
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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.
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The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
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