Added 9 October 2026
locus
/ˈləʊkəs/ noun
In Latin: locus Wiktionary
noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about locus at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
- The scene of any event or action (especially the place of a meeting).
- The specific site of a particular gene on its chromosome.
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The set of all points or lines that satisfy or are determined by specific conditions.
the locus of points equidistant from a given point is a circle
Origin
Learned borrowing from Latin locus. Doublet of lieu.
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