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Word entry · 5 letters

locus

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"Point set"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /ˈləʊkəs/Part of speech nounSorted closuStarts with LEnds with S1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. the set of all points or lines that satisfy or are determined by specific conditions

Word origin

Learned borrowing from Latin locus. Doublet of lieu.

Used in a sentence

  • The cafeteria was the locus of activity.
  • A circle is the locus of points from which the distance to the center is a given value, the radius.
  • Holonyms: subband < band < region < replicon

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