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lo·cus       (lō'kəs)  Pronunciation Key  n.   pl. lo·ci (-sī', -kē, -kī') A locality; a place. A center or focus of great activity or intense concentration: "the cunning exploitation of loci of power; the insulation from normal American society" (Clifton Fadiman). Mathematics The set or configuration of all points whose coordinates satisfy a single equation or one or more algebraic conditions. The position that a given gene occupies on a chromosome. [Latin.]

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locus
noun
1.	the scene of any event or action (especially the place of a meeting) [syn: venue]
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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locus       (lō'kəs)  Pronunciation Key  Plural loci (lō'sī', -kē, -kī') The set or configuration of all points whose coordinates satisfy a single equation or one or more algebraic conditions. The position that a given gene occupies on a chromosome.

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plur. loci (loh-seye, loh-keye)

In geometry, the set of all points (and only those points) that satisfy certain conditions; these points form a curve or figure. For example, the locus of all points in space one foot from a given point is a sphere having a radius of one foot and having its center at the given point. The locus of all points in a plane one foot from a given point is a circle having a radius of one foot and having its center at the given point.

[Chapter:] Physical Sciences and Mathematics

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locus lo·cus (lō'kəs)
n. pl. lo·ci (-sī', -kē, -kī')

1. A place; site.
2. The position that a given gene occupies on a chromosome.

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Main Entry: lo·cus
Pronunciation: 'lO-k&s
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural lo·ci /'lO-"sI, -"kI also -"kE/
1 : a place or site of an event, activity, or thing locus of all axon terminals relates to the retinal locus of their cells of origin —R. W.Guillery et al>
2 : the position in a chromosome of a particular gene or allele

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Main Entry: lo·cus
Pronunciation: 'lO-k&s
Function: noun
: the place connected with a particular event having legal significance

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Locus
A distributed system project supporting transparent access to data through a network-wide file system.

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Couch\ (kouch), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Couched (koucht); p. pr. & vb. n. Couching.] [F. coucher to lay down, lie down, OF. colchier, fr. L. collocare to lay, put, place; col- + locare to place, fr. locus place. See Locus.]

1. To lay upon a bed or other resting place.

Where unbruised youth, with unstuffed brain, Does couch his limbs, there golden sleep doth reign. --Shak.

2. To arrange or dispose as in a bed; -- sometimes followed by the reflexive pronoun.

The waters couch themselves as may be to the center of this globe, in a spherical convexity. --T. Burnet.

3. To lay or deposit in a bed or layer; to bed.

It is at this day in use at Gaza, to couch potsherds, or vessels of earth, in their walls. --Bacon.

4. (Paper Making) To transfer (as sheets of partly dried pulp) from the wire cloth mold to a felt blanket, for further drying.

5. To conceal; to include or involve darkly.

There is all this, and more, that lies naturally couched under this allegory. --L'Estrange.

6. To arrange; to place; to inlay. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

7. To put into some form of language; to express; to phrase; -- used with in and under.

A well-couched invective. --Milton.

I had received a letter from Flora couched in rather cool terms. --Blackw. Mag.

8. (Med.) To treat by pushing down or displacing the opaque lens with a needle; as, to couch a cataract.

To couch a spear or lance, to lower to the position of attack; to place in rest.

He stooped his head, and couched his spear, And spurred his steed to full career. --Sir W. Scott.

To couch malt, to spread malt on a floor. --Mortimer.

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