English noun: locus | |||
1. | locus (location) the scene of any event or action (especially the place of a meeting) | ||
Synonyms | locale, venue | ||
Broader (hypernym) | scene | ||
2. | locus (location) the specific site of a particular gene on its chromosome | ||
Broader (hypernym) | site, situation | ||
3. | locus (group) the set of all points or lines that satisfy or are determined by specific conditions | ||
Samples | The locus of points equidistant from a given point is a circle. | ||
Broader (hypernym) | set | ||