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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Locus \Lo"cus\, n.; 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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
locus
n : the scene of any event or action (especially the place of a
meeting) [syn: {venue}, {locale}]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]:
Locus
A distributed system project supporting transparent access to
data through a network-wide file system.
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