Locus
noun
A particular place or position where something happens or is situated.
Genoa is the locus of the Italian banking industry.
Often appears as...
- locus of control
- locus of activity
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Academic
noun
The specific place in a chromosome where a particular gene is located.
The locus for eye color is found on chromosome 15.
Often appears as...
- gene locus
- locus mutations
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Academic
noun
The set of all points (x, y) that satisfy a specific condition or equation in mathematics.
In Geometry, a circle is the locus of all points equidistant from a fixed point.
Often appears as...
- locus in quo
- locus equation
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Formal
Academic
noun
A particular place or position where something happens or is situated.
Genoa is the locus of the Italian banking industry.
Often appears as...
- locus of control
- locus of activity
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
noun
The specific place in a chromosome where a particular gene is located.
The locus for eye color is found on chromosome 15.
Often appears as...
- gene locus
- locus mutations
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
noun
The set of all points (x, y) that satisfy a specific condition or equation in mathematics.
In Geometry, a circle is the locus of all points equidistant from a fixed point.
Often appears as...
- locus in quo
- locus equation
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Not a synonym
Avoid using 'locus' as a direct substitute for 'location' in everyday speak; it's more specific.
The train station is a busy location, not a locus of activity.
Pro Tip 2/3Abstract Focus
'Locus' often refers to an abstract point or center where something important occurs.
The university served as the locus for the protest.
Pro Tip 3/3Formal Speech
Prefer 'locus' in formal or academic contexts to add precision to your language.
This city is the locus of important trade agreements.
Pro Tip 1/3Not a synonym
Avoid using 'locus' as a direct substitute for 'location' in everyday speak; it's more specific.
The train station is a busy location, not a locus of activity.
Pro Tip 2/3Abstract Focus
'Locus' often refers to an abstract point or center where something important occurs.
The university served as the locus for the protest.
Pro Tip 3/3Formal Speech
Prefer 'locus' in formal or academic contexts to add precision to your language.
This city is the locus of important trade agreements.
Pro Tip 1/3Not a synonym
Avoid using 'locus' as a direct substitute for 'location' in everyday speak; it's more specific.
The train station is a busy location, not a locus of activity.
Pro Tip 2/3Abstract Focus
'Locus' often refers to an abstract point or center where something important occurs.
The university served as the locus for the protest.
Pro Tip 3/3Formal Speech
Prefer 'locus' in formal or academic contexts to add precision to your language.
This city is the locus of important trade agreements.
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What's it like to be a...
but actually, for some of the people, it took them a lot longer to get through our obstacle course, and we wanted to know why. It turns out that there's this important human dimension -- a personality dimension called locus of control, and people who have a strong internal locus of control,
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Greyhound Adoption PIPE...
they get up in the middle of the night two three four o'clock in the morning to be there to help us wash walk feed we couldn't do it without them we could not do anything without the volunteers lemonhead was supposed to go to a foster home but halik locus one of the regular
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How I discovered DNA -...
failing because they weren't chemists and certainly neither quick or I were chemists so we tried to build a model and he Frances the locus of local said he thought okay he likes x-ray diagram he thought was compatible with a here so we built a
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Life Beyond Earth, Part...
that our technology, we were hampered by our technology. Every time you build a new piece of technology, you learn a tremendous amount. Moreover, you can see that there are some yellow points kissing that Earth locus at one Earth diameter
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Sheena Iyengar: The art...
if a choice affects you, then you should be the one to make it. This is the only way to ensure that your preferences and interests will be most fully accounted for. It is essential for success. In America, the primary locus of choice
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How CRISPR lets us edit...
that have a matching sequence. So those little bits of RNA from the CRISPR locus associate -- they bind -- to protein called Cas9, which is white in the picture, and form a complex that functions like a sentinel in the cell.
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Why Africa must become a...
support the existence of knowledge-producing groups and intellectuals, ensuring that the continent becomes the immediate locus of knowledge production, distribution and consumption,
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Feisal Abdul Rauf: Lose...
whatever the name might be through which you name or access the presence of divinity, it is the locus of absolute being, absolute love and mercy and compassion,
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A Collection Of Summer...
an adult locus eats its entire body weight every day and a whole swarm can consume literally hundreds of tons of vegetation they have to keep on moving
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Black Market Demand for...
and we hope to find what we're targeting we helmet I see young given locus in Japanese another city needle monkey then about
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What's it like to be a...
but actually, for some of the people, it took them a lot longer to get through our obstacle course, and we wanted to know why. It turns out that there's this important human dimension -- a personality dimension called locus of control, and people who have a strong internal locus of control,
Video examples
Greyhound Adoption PIPE...
they get up in the middle of the night two three four o'clock in the morning to be there to help us wash walk feed we couldn't do it without them we could not do anything without the volunteers lemonhead was supposed to go to a foster home but halik locus one of the regular
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How I discovered DNA -...
failing because they weren't chemists and certainly neither quick or I were chemists so we tried to build a model and he Frances the locus of local said he thought okay he likes x-ray diagram he thought was compatible with a here so we built a
Video examples
Life Beyond Earth, Part...
that our technology, we were hampered by our technology. Every time you build a new piece of technology, you learn a tremendous amount. Moreover, you can see that there are some yellow points kissing that Earth locus at one Earth diameter
Video examples
Sheena Iyengar: The art...
if a choice affects you, then you should be the one to make it. This is the only way to ensure that your preferences and interests will be most fully accounted for. It is essential for success. In America, the primary locus of choice
Video examples
How CRISPR lets us edit...
that have a matching sequence. So those little bits of RNA from the CRISPR locus associate -- they bind -- to protein called Cas9, which is white in the picture, and form a complex that functions like a sentinel in the cell.
Video examples
Why Africa must become a...
support the existence of knowledge-producing groups and intellectuals, ensuring that the continent becomes the immediate locus of knowledge production, distribution and consumption,
Video examples
Feisal Abdul Rauf: Lose...
whatever the name might be through which you name or access the presence of divinity, it is the locus of absolute being, absolute love and mercy and compassion,
Video examples
A Collection Of Summer...
an adult locus eats its entire body weight every day and a whole swarm can consume literally hundreds of tons of vegetation they have to keep on moving
Video examples
Black Market Demand for...
and we hope to find what we're targeting we helmet I see young given locus in Japanese another city needle monkey then about
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Gail Sheehy
American Writer
Adapting to our Second Adulthood is not all about the money. It requires thinking about how to find a new locus of identity or how to adjust to a spouse who stops working and who may loll, enjoying coffee and reading the paper online while you're still commuting.
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Jacques Lacan
French Psychologist
A geometry implies the heterogeneity of locus, namely that there is a locus of the Other. Regarding this locus of the Other, of one sex as Other, as absolute Other, what does the most recent development in topology allow us to posit?
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Nicole Mones
American Novelist
Even though Japan and Germany were not formal allies at the time that Japan conquered Shanghai in 1937, still, Frenchtown was an area that Japan could take complete control of - and they did. And it was the locus of nightlife.
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Ron Chernow
American Author
Once the brokerage house, rather than the bank, became the locus for American savings, that money would find its way into the stock market, because the broker was someone with a much higher tolerance for risk than the banker.
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Rebecca Traister
American Author
It's a controversial issue: many feminists reasonably worry that by taking the concentration off gender as an independent locus of oppression, we dilute the strength of a women's movement, or of women's rights advocacy.
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Jeremy Allaire
American Businessman
Social messaging has become the defining app of the smartphone era. Social payments has been a natural extension of this phenomenon - it's going to be the locus of most communications activity.
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Peter Senge
American Scientist
If you are realistic about how our present society works, the economic clout - and a lot of the political clout, frankly - is in the business sector. And it's the locus of innovation.
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Andrew O'Hagan
Scottish Novelist
A living museum must surely see itself as a locus of argument. A breathing art institution is not a lockup but a moveable feast.
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James Gray
American Director
The idea that the family is this locus of support but can also hold you back and keep you down makes for good drama.
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Gail Sheehy
American Writer
Adapting to our Second Adulthood is not all about the money. It requires thinking about how to find a new locus of identity or how to adjust to a spouse who stops working and who may loll, enjoying coffee and reading the paper online while you're still commuting.
Quote examples
Jacques Lacan
French Psychologist
A geometry implies the heterogeneity of locus, namely that there is a locus of the Other. Regarding this locus of the Other, of one sex as Other, as absolute Other, what does the most recent development in topology allow us to posit?
Quote examples
Nicole Mones
American Novelist
Even though Japan and Germany were not formal allies at the time that Japan conquered Shanghai in 1937, still, Frenchtown was an area that Japan could take complete control of - and they did. And it was the locus of nightlife.
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Ron Chernow
American Author
Once the brokerage house, rather than the bank, became the locus for American savings, that money would find its way into the stock market, because the broker was someone with a much higher tolerance for risk than the banker.
Quote examples
Rebecca Traister
American Author
It's a controversial issue: many feminists reasonably worry that by taking the concentration off gender as an independent locus of oppression, we dilute the strength of a women's movement, or of women's rights advocacy.
Quote examples
Jeremy Allaire
American Businessman
Social messaging has become the defining app of the smartphone era. Social payments has been a natural extension of this phenomenon - it's going to be the locus of most communications activity.
Quote examples
Peter Senge
American Scientist
If you are realistic about how our present society works, the economic clout - and a lot of the political clout, frankly - is in the business sector. And it's the locus of innovation.
Quote examples
Andrew O'Hagan
Scottish Novelist
A living museum must surely see itself as a locus of argument. A breathing art institution is not a lockup but a moveable feast.
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James Gray
American Director
The idea that the family is this locus of support but can also hold you back and keep you down makes for good drama.
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