Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Locus"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Locus \Lo"cus\, n.; pl. {Loci}, & {Loca}. [L., place. Cf.
{Allow}, {Couch}, {Lieu}, {Local}.]
1. A place; a locality.
2. (Math.) The line traced by a point which varies its
position according to some determinate law; the surface
described by a point or line that moves according to a
given law.
{Plane locus}, a locus that is a straight line, or a circle.
{Solid locus}, a locus that is one of the conic sections.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
locus
n 1: the scene of any event or action (especially the place of a
meeting) [syn: {venue}, {locale}]
2: the specific site of a particular gene on its chromosome
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"
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