locus
/ˈləʊkəs/US/ˈloʊkəs/
locus noun: a place or locality, especially a centre of activity or the scene of a crime.
Noun
locus (plural loci or locuses)
- A place or locality, especially a centre of activity or the scene of a crime.
- The cafeteria was the locus of activity.
- The set of all points whose coordinates satisfy a given equation or condition.
- A circle is the locus of points from which the distance to the center is a given value, the radius.
- A fixed position on a string of DNA or RNA, especially a chromosome, that may be occupied by one or more genes.
- Holonyms: subband < band < region < replicon
- Meronyms: sublocus; gene, cistron; pseudogene
- A passage in writing, especially in a collection of ancient sacred writings arranged according to a theme.
locus meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
locus in Hindi
- लोकस
locus in Tamil
- நியமப்பாதை, இயங்கும் வரை, இயங்குவழி, வரை பாதை, ஒழுக்கு, தானம்
locus in Marathi
- लोकस
locus in Urdu
- جائے وقوع, جگہ, محل, مقام
More languagesFewer languages
- locus in Bengali
- লোকাস
- locus in Malayalam
- ലൊക്കസ്, ലോക്കസ്
- locus in Kannada
- ಲೊಕಸ್
- locus in Punjabi
- ਲੋਕਸ
- locus in Gujarati
- લોકસ
- locus in Odia
- ଲୋକସ୍, ଲୋକେସ୍
- locus in Nepali
- लोकस, लोकेस
- locus in Indonesian
- lokus
Examples of locus in a sentence
- A single locus governing the petal colour character was detected on the linkage group A2.
- 'The locus is Crawford Street?' 'One of the backcourts sir, as far as I understand.'
- Similarly, foreign genetic material may be acquired at this locus by illegitimate recombination during genome concatemerisation.
Forms of locus
| plural | loci |
|---|---|
| plural | locuses |
Origin of locus
Learned borrowing from Latin locus. Doublet of lieu.
Words formed from locus
Phrases with locus
Words that rhyme with locus
Questions about locus
- What does locus mean?
- Locus means a place or locality, especially a centre of activity or the scene of a crime.
- What is locus in Hindi?
- Locus in Hindi is लोकस. See Locus meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is locus?
- Locus is a noun.
- How do you pronounce locus?
- Locus is pronounced /ˈləʊkəs/ (UK).
- What is the plural of locus?
- The plural of locus is loci.
Words near locus in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: locus (page history and authors); locus (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); locus (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); locus (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); locus (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); locus (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); locus (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); locus (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); locus (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); locus (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); locus (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); locus (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
Last updated:
Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-locus.wav.
Cite this entry: “locus.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/locus. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.