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Word: Locus
Speech Type: Noun
mid 17th century: from Latin, ‘place’
ˈləʊkəs
a particular position or place where something occurs or is situated
Short Definition:place where something occurs
Examples:- it is impossible to specify the exact locus in the brain of these neural events
a curve or other figure formed by all the points satisfying a particular equation of the relation between coordinates, or by a point, line, or surface moving according to mathematically defined conditions
Short Definition:figure formed by all points satisfying condition
Examples:- a parabola is the locus of a point that moves so as to be equidistant from a fixed point and a straight line
locus standi
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