LOCUS Definition & Meaning

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locus

[loh-kuhs]

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loci, loca

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.

locus

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(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 conditions
the locus of points equidistant from a given point is a circle
genetics the position of a particular gene on a chromosome

locus

loci

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.

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Origin of locus¹

First recorded in 1525–35; from Latin; Old Latin stlocus “a place”

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Origin of locus¹

C18: Latin

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But there is the possibility that it becomes the locus of broader disaffection with the government's direction.

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In the coming days, KI became a locus of support, both practically and emotionally.

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The cable news landscape has long been a locus of information overload, which only accelerated during Trump’s first presidency.

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The locus is always the president’s unspooling brain, but the precise navigation is left to the actors.

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And as the culture wars became a right-wing obsession, the locus of coercion and violence was transferred from foreign crusades to domestic soil.

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