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

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  2. noun
    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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    set
  3. noun
    the specific site of a particular gene on its chromosome
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  • 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
  • nonallele genes that are not competitors at the same locus
  • locustidae short-horned grasshoppers; true locusts
  • genus gleditsia deciduous trees: honey locusts
  • family acrididae short-horned grasshoppers; true locusts
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