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noun

1. The place where a person or thing is located: emplacement, location, placement, position, site, situation. See place.
2. A particular portion of space chosen for something: location, place, point, spot. See place.

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Latin, Place; place where a thing is performed or done.

For example, the locus delicti is the place where an accident or crime occurred.

plur. loci (loh-seye, loh-keye)

In geometry, the set of all points (and only those points) that satisfy certain conditions; these points form a curve or figure. For example, the locus of all points in space one foot from a given point is a sphere having a radius of one foot and having its center at the given point. The locus of all points in a plane one foot from a given point is a circle having a radius of one foot and having its center at the given point.

(pl. loci)

1. (in genetics) the specific position, in all homologous chromosomes, of a particular gene or one of its alleles.
2. (in mathematics) the curve or line traced by a point moving so as to satisfy a particular set of conditions.

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Pl. loci [L.] place; site; in genetics, the specific site of a gene on a chromosome.

• l. ceruleus — a pigmented eminence in the superior angle of the floor of the fourth ventricle of the brain.

For a list of words related to locus, see:

• Genetics, Heredity, and Evolution - locus: position of allele on chromosome
• Quantities, Relationships, and Operations - locus: set of all points satisfying given conditions
• Latin Words and Phrases - locus: place

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - sted, geometrisk sted

Nederlands (Dutch)
positie, meetkundige kromme (verzameling punten)

Français (French)
n. - (Math) lieu

Deutsch (German)
n. - (geometrischer) Ort, Genort

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (γεωμετρικός) τόπος

Italiano (Italian)
luogo

Português (Portuguese)
n. - local (m), localização (f), lugar (m) geométrico (Mat.)

Русский (Russian)
местоположение, геометрическое место точек, место гена в хромосоме

Español (Spanish)
n. - punto, sitio

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - (lat.) plats, ställe, (mat.) (geometrisk) ort

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
场所, 轨迹, 所在地

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 場所, 軌跡, 所在地

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 장소 , 위치 , 유전자 좌

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 現場, 場所, 位置, 軌跡, 遺伝子座

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مكان, محل, موضع, المحل الهندسي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מקום (בייחוד בתמליל), עקומה (מתמטיקה), המיקום של גן בכרומוזום, נקודה המציינת את מקור העיצור (פונטיקה)‬

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