locus (n.)

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

    [ Syn: venue , locale ]

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

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