Meanings
nounlocus (plural loci or locuses)
- biologyA fixed position on a string of DNA or RNA, especially a chromosome, that may be occupied by one or more genes.
Holonyms: subband < band < region < replicon
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Meronyms: sublocus; gene, cistron; pseudogene
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe scene of any event or action (especially the place of a meeting)
Broader
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*stel-der.?
- Proto-Italic*s(t)lokos
- Old Latinstlocus
- Latinlocu
- Englishlocus
Learned borrowing from Latin locus. Doublet of lieu.
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian място, местоположение
- място (mjasto)place or locality
- местоположение (mestopoloženie)place or locality
Chinese Mandarin 轨迹
- 轨迹 (guǐjì)set of all points given by an equation or condition
Czech místo
- místoplace or locality
Danish plads, lokalitet
- pladsplace or locality
- lokalitetplace or locality
Dutch plaats, localiteit
- plaatsplace or locality
- localiteitplace or locality
- meetkundige plaatsset of all points given by an equation or condition
Finnish tapahtumapaikka, paikka
- tapahtumapaikkaplace or locality
- paikkaplace or locality
- sijaplace or locality
- sijaintiplace or locality
- uraset of all points given by an equation or condition
- lokusportion of a DNA or RNA string
French lieu, endroit
- lieuplace or locality
- endroitplace or locality
- localplace or locality
- lieuset of all points given by an equation or condition
- locusportion of a DNA or RNA string
German Ort
- Ortplace or locality
Greek τόπος, τόπος
- τόπος (tópos)place or locality
- τόπος (tópos)set of all points given by an equation or condition
Hungarian hely, helyszín
- helyplace or locality
- helyszínplace or locality
- színhelyplace or locality
- fekvésplace or locality
- elhelyezkedésplace or locality
- mértani helyset of all points given by an equation or condition
- helygörbeset of all points given by an equation or condition
- mozgásdiagramset of all points given by an equation or condition
- lokuszportion of a DNA or RNA string
- génhelyportion of a DNA or RNA string
- lókuszportion of a DNA or RNA string
- szöveghelya passage in writing
Indonesian lokus, lokus
- lokusset of all points given by an equation or condition
- lokusportion of a DNA or RNA string
Japanese 軌跡
- 軌跡 (kiseki)set of all points given by an equation or condition
Latin locus
- locusplace or locality
Portuguese lugar, sítio
- lugarplace or locality
- sítioplace or locality
- lócusportion of a DNA or RNA string
Romanian localitate, loc
- localitateplace or locality
- locplace or locality
- locuriplace or locality
Slovak miesto
- miestoplace or locality
Spanish locus, locus
- locusplace or locality
- locusportion of a DNA or RNA string
Swedish locus
- locusportion of a DNA or RNA string
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with locus
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
locus. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/locus
MLA
“locus.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/locus. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “locus,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/locus.
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