locus
/ˈloʊkəs/
noun
- A particular place, position, or location where something happens or exists.
- Scientists identified the locus of the earthquake near the coast.
- The town square was the locus of political protests during the election.
- The garden became the locus of family gatherings every summer.
- In mathematics, a set of points that satisfy a particular condition or equation.
- In geometry, the locus of a moving point can form a curve or line.
- A circle is the locus of points at a fixed distance from a center.
- The student graphed the locus of points where x equals y squared.
- In genetics, the specific position of a gene or DNA sequence on a chromosome.
- The gene for eye color is located at a specific locus on chromosome 15.
- Researchers mapped the locus associated with the inherited disease.
- Each allele occupies the same locus on homologous chromosomes.