[ˈləʊkəs], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a particular position or place where something occurs or is situated
(e.g: 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
(e.g: a parabola is the locus of a point that moves so as to be equidistant from a fixed point and a straight line)



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Origin:
mid 17th century: from Latin, ‘place’