ˈlōkəs noun
( plural lo·ci ˈlōˌsī, -ˌsē, -ˌkē ; also lo·ca ˈlōkə)
Etymology: Latin — more at stall
1. : place , locality ; especially : the place connected with a particular event having legal import — used especially in legal phrases
2.
[by shortening]
: locus classicus
3.
[New Latin, from Latin]
a. : the regular linear position occupied in a chromosome by any one gene or its allele
b. : the point in a chromosome associated with a particular hereditary character
4.
[New Latin, from Latin]
mathematics : the collection of all points whose location is determined by some stated law