| 释义 |
lo·cus
\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 |