locus
(noun)
noun
1. the scene of any event or action (especially the place of a meeting)
Similar word(s): locale, venue
Definition categories: location, scene
2. the specific site of a particular gene on its chromosome
Definition categories: location, site, situation
3. 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
Definition categories: group, set
Sentences with locus as a noun:
- The cafeteria was the locus of activity.
- A circle is the locus of points from which the distance to the center is a given value, the radius.