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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
- locustidae short-horned grasshoppers; true locusts
- genus gleditsia deciduous trees: honey locusts
- nonallele genes that are not competitors at the same locus
- family acrididae short-horned grasshoppers; true locusts