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Synonyms:
position, site, location, spot, place
A position on a chromosome where a specific gene is located.
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
locus (noun)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
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
locus (noun)1.
a thing or place that is of greatest importance to an activity or interest
SYNONYMS:
axis, base, capital, central, core, cynosure, epicenter, eye, focus, ground zero, heart, hub, locus, mecca, navel, nerve center, nexus, nucleus, omphalos, seatRELATED WORDS:
headquarters; happy hunting ground, hive, hotbed, hot spot, playground, playland; kernel, nub, pith; deep, thick; essence, quintessence, soul; attraction, lodestone ( loadstone), magnet, polestar2.
the area or space occupied by or intended for something
SYNONYMS:
emplacement, locale, locality, location, locus, point, position, site, spot, venue, whereRELATED WORDS:
scene; precinct, region, section, sector; here, thereLocus (Wikipedia)
Look up locus in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Locus (plural loci) is Latin for "place". It may refer to:
Locus (Wiktionary)
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin locus.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈləʊkəs/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈloʊkəs/
- Rhymes: -əʊkəs
Noun
locus (plural loci or locuses)
- A place or locality, especially a centre of activity or the scene of a crime.