locus
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
locus /ˈləʊkəs/
▶noun (pl. loci /-sʌɪ, -kʌɪ, -kiː/)
- 1 technical a particular position, point, or place where something occurs or is situated.
- 2 Mathematics a curve or other figure formed by all the points satisfying a particular condition.
– origin C18: from L., ‘place’.
'locus' also found in these Oxford entries:
commonplace
- evolute
- involute
- lieu
- local
- loci
- loci classici
- locomotion
- locomotive
- locum tenens
- locus classicus
- locus standi
