locus

See also: lócus

English

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Locus

Wikipedia

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin locus.

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA^(key): /ˈləʊkəs/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈloʊkəs/
• Rhymes: -əʊkəs

Noun

locus (plural loci or locuses)

2. A place or locality, especially a centre of activity or the scene of a crime.

   The cafeteria was the locus of activity.

4. (mathematics) The set of all points whose coordinates satisfy a given equation or condition.

   A circle is the locus of points from which the distance to the center is a given value, the radius.

6. (genetics) A fixed position on a string of DNA or RNA, especially a chromosome, that may be occupied by one or more genes.

   Holonyms: subband < band < region < replicon

   Meronyms: sublocus; gene, cistron; pseudogene

8. (chiefly in the plural) A passage in writing, especially in a collection of ancient sacred writings arranged according to a theme.

Usage notes

• Sometimes confused with locust.

Derived terms

• homeolocus
• locus classicus
• locus coeruleus
• locus poenitentiae
• locus standi
• method of loci
• superlocus
• vanishing locus
• variable tandem repeat locus
• zero locus

Related terms

• local
• locality
• localization
• localize
• locant
• locate
• location
• locator
• locoregional
• locus amoenus

Translations

place or locality

Bulgarian: място (bg) (mjasto), местоположение (bg) n (mestopoloženie) Czech: místo (cs) n Danish: plads (da) c, lokalitet c Dutch: plaats (nl), localiteit Finnish: tapahtumapaikka, paikka (fi), sija (fi), sijainti (fi) French: lieu (fr) m, endroit (fr) m, local (fr) m German: Ort (de) m Greek: τόπος (el) m (tópos) Hungarian: hely (hu), helyszín (hu), színhely (hu), fekvés (hu), elhelyezkedés (hu) Occitan: lòc (oc) Portuguese: lugar (pt) m, sítio (pt) m Romanian: localitate (ro) f, loc (ro) n, locuri (ro) n pl Slovak: miesto (sk) Spanish: lugar (es) m, sitio (es) m, locus (es) m

set of all points given by an equation or condition

Chinese: Mandarin: 轨迹 (zh) (guǐjì) Dutch: meetkundige plaats Finnish: ura (fi) French: lieu (fr) m Greek: τόπος (el) m (tópos) Hungarian: mértani hely, helygörbe, mozgásdiagram Indonesian: lokus (id) Japanese: 軌跡 (ja) (きせき, kiseki) Occitan: lòc (oc) Spanish: lugar (es) m

portion of a DNA or RNA string

Finnish: lokus (fi) French: locus (fr) m Hungarian: lokusz, génhely, lókusz Indonesian: lokus (id) Occitan: locus Portuguese: lócus (pt) m Spanish: locus (es) m Swedish: locus (sv) n

a passage in writing

Hungarian: szöveghely, locus (hu)

Anagrams

• ULOCs, clous

Italian

Etymology

Internationalism. Ultimately an unadapted borrowing from Latin locus (“place, spot”). Doublet of luogo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɔ.kus/
• Rhymes: -ɔkus
• Hyphenation: lò‧cus

Noun

locus m (plural loci)

1. (genetics) locus