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nounthe scene of any event or action (especially the place of a meeting)type of:
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"the locus of points equidistant from a given point is a circle"nounthe set of all points or lines that satisfy or are determined by specific conditionstype of:
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nounthe specific site of a particular gene on its chromosome
Definition that contains locus
- heart the locus of feelings and intuitions
- focus a central point or locus of an infection in an organism
- bosom the locus of feelings and intuitions
- locust hardwood from any of various locust trees
- allele (genetics) either of a pair (or series) of alternative forms of a gene that can occupy the same locus on a particular chromosome and that control the same character
- allelomorph (genetics) either of a pair (or series) of alternative forms of a gene that can occupy the same locus on a particular chromosome and that control the same character
- monohybrid a hybrid produced by crossing parents that are homozygous except for a single gene locus that has two alleles (as in Mendel's experiments with garden peas)
- nidus a central point or locus of an infection in an organism
- acrididae short-horned grasshoppers; true locusts
- black locust strong stiff wood of a black-locust tree; very resistant to decay