sublocus

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noun

A subsidiary locus.

“Holonyms: locus < subband < band < region”

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Meanings

nounsublocus (plural subloci)

plural subloci

  1. mathematicsA subsidiary locus.

    We prove that they describe a sublocus #92;mathcal#123;G#125;ʳ#95;g(#92;underline#123;k#125;) of #92;mathcal#123;M#125;#95;#123;g,n#125; having codimension at most g-1#43;#92;frac#123;r(r-1)#125;#123;2#125;.

    2015, Edoardo Ballico, Francesco Bastianelli, Luca Benzo, “On large theta-characteristics with prescribed vanishing”, in arXiv
  2. biologyA locus within a locus, such as araB, araA, araD within locus ara.

    Holonyms: locus < subband < band < region

Origin

From sub- + locus.

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APA

sublocus. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sublocus

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sublocus,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sublocus.

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