locus
lo·cus
noun \ˈlō-kəs\ plural lo·ci\ˈlō-ˌsī, -ˌkī, -ˌkē\
Definition of LOCUS
1
a : the place where something is situated or occurs : site, location <was the culture of medicine in the beginning dispersed from a single focus or did it arise in several loci? — S. C. Harvey> b : a center of activity, attention, or concentration <in democracy the locus of power is in the people — H. G. Rickover>
2
: the set of all points whose location is determined by stated conditions
3
: the position in a chromosome of a particular gene or allele
Examples of LOCUS
- The area became a locus of resistance to the government.
- <an area of the Southwest that has been the locus of a number of New Agey movements>
Origin of LOCUS
Latin — more at stall
First Known Use: 1715
Related to LOCUS
Related Words: headquarters; happy hunting ground, hive, hotbed, hot spot, playground, playland; kernel, nub, pith; deep, thick; essence, quintessence, soul; attraction, lodestone (also loadstone), magnet, polestar
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