locus
Meaning of locus
noun
- A place or locality, especially a centre of activity or the scene of a crime.
The cafeteria was the locus of activity.
- The set of all points whose coordinates satisfy a given equation or condition.
A circle is the locus of points from which the distance to the center is a given value, the radius.
- A fixed position on a chromosome that may be occupied by one or more genes.
- (chiefly in the plural) A passage in writing, especially in a collection of ancient sacred writings arranged according to a theme.
Information about locus
- It is a name.
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Hyphenation of locus
lo-cus
- It consists of 2 syllables and 5 chars.
- locus is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
locus synonyms
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Translation of locus
- Spanish: escenario, sede, locus, hábitat, territorio, área, suburbio, lugar, ambiente, vecindad, escena
- German: Ort
- Portuguese: local, locus, localidade
- French: locus, localité
- Italian: locus
Anagrams of locus
Words that rhyme with locus
cocus, streptococus, Demodocus, Diplodocus, Laodocus, diplodocus, HiFocus, autofocus, defocus, focus, misfocus, overfocus, prefocus, refocus, hocus, interlocus, symplocus, taclocus, pocus, Crocus, crocus
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