locus

noun lo·cus \ ˈlō-kəs \

|Updated on: 11 Jun 2018

Examples: locus in a Sentence

Definition of locus

plural loci play \ˈlō-ˌsī, -ˌkī, -ˌkē\

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

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Examples of locus in a Sentence

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

Recent Examples of locus from the Web

But the locus of global economic growth was moving, and GE needed to follow it.

— geoff colvin, Fortune, "What the Hell Happened at GE?," 24 May 2018
In short order, Battle Grounds has become a locus of activity in Haverhill, where the heart of the city is undergoing a long overdue revitalization.

— james sullivan, BostonGlobe.com, "Former SEAL continues to serve, but this time it’s coffee at Battle Grounds in Haverhill," 24 May 2018
For many people, the kitchen is the center of the home and a locus for interactions that go beyond preparing and eating food.

— brian x. chen, New York Times, "To Invade Homes, Tech Is Trying to Get in Your Kitchen," 25 Mar. 2018
Junfu Han, Detroit Free Press Tens of thousands of attendees hit Motor City Comic Con this past weekend, as the Suburban Collection Showplace became metro Detroit's locus for aficionados of pop culture, sci-fi and comics.

— steve byrne, Detroit Free Press, "Best of Motor City Comic Con 2018: Photos, videos and more from the floor," 21 May 2018
By 2030, cremation may reach 70 percent. That’s shifted the locus of the rituals associated with death from cemeteries to corners of the world that hold particular meaning to the departed or their survivors, from backyards to bodies of water.

— david sloane, BostonGlobe.com, "Is the cemetery dead?," 12 May 2018
But the real locus of the commemorative merchandise flurry is the town of Windsor, England, where Harry and Markle are getting married.

— refinery29.com, "All The Bonkers Merchandise You Can Buy To Celebrate Harry & Meghan's Impending Nuptials," 30 Apr. 2018
After 11 male statues — mostly of white, middle-aged men of aristocratic pedigree — and nearly 200 years, the first female figure was unveiled on Tuesday in London’s historic Parliament Square, the locus of the British establishment.

— kimiko de freytas-tamura, New York Times, "U.K.’s Parliament Square Gets a Female Statue. It Only Took 200 Years.," 24 Apr. 2018
One region that was more active in helpless mice was the locus coeruleus.

— andrew reiner, Washington Post, "Life’s stresses often sink me. Here’s how I decided to change that.," 4 Feb. 2018

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