locus Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the scene of any event or action (especially the place of a meeting)
    locale; venue.
  2. noun the specific site of a particular gene on its chromosome
  3. noun 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

WordNet

Lo"cus noun
Etymology
L., place. Cf. Allow, Couch, Lieu, Local.
Wordforms
plural Loci & Loca
Definitions
  1. A place; a locality.
  2. (Math.) The line traced by a point which varies its position according to some determinate law; the surface described by a point or line that moves according to a given law.

Webster 1913