LOCUS (loci)

Pronunciation (US):

• LOCUS (noun)
  The noun LOCUS has 3 senses:

1. the scene of any event or action (especially the place of a meeting)
2. the specific site of a particular gene on its chromosome
3. the set of all points or lines that satisfy or are determined by specific conditions

  Familiarity information: LOCUS used as a noun is uncommon.

• LOCUS (noun)

Meaning:

The scene of any event or action (especially the place of a meeting)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

locale; locus; venue

Hypernyms ("locus" is a kind of...):

scene (the place where some action occurs)

Meaning:

The specific site of a particular gene on its chromosome

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Hypernyms ("locus" is a kind of...):

site; situation (physical position in relation to the surroundings)

Meaning:

The set of all points or lines that satisfy or are determined by specific conditions

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Context example:

the locus of points equidistant from a given point is a circle

Hypernyms ("locus" is a kind of...):

set ((mathematics) an abstract collection of numbers or symbols)