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   Lo·cus

   /ˈlōkəs/

   

   noun

   • 1. a particular position, point, or place: technical "it is impossible to specify the exact locus in the brain of these neural events"
   • ▪ the effective or perceived location of something abstract: "the real locus of power is the informal council"
   • ▪ the position of a gene or mutation on a chromosome.
   • 2. a curve or other figure formed by all the points satisfying a particular equation of the relation between coordinates, or by a point, line, or surface moving according to mathematically defined conditions: "a parabola is the locus of a point that moves so as to be equidistant from a fixed point and a straight line"

   Word Origin mid 17th century: from Latin, ‘place’.

   Scrabble Points: 7

   • L

     1

   • O

     1

   • C

     3

   • U

     1

   • S

     1

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