1. a particular position, point, or place
Usage: formal
2. the set of all points satisfying a particular condition
Usage: mathematics
3. the position of a gene on a chromosome
Usage: genetics

Examples

• The university became the locus of student protests.
• The library serves as the locus of academic activity on campus.
• In geometry, a circle is the locus of points equidistant from a center.
• The locus of the parabola can be determined by its equation.
• Scientists identified the genetic locus responsible for the trait.
• The mutation occurred at a specific locus on chromosome 12.