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Webster 1913 Edition


Locus

Lo′cus

,
Noun.
;
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.