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The word locus (plural loci) is Latin for "place". It may refer to:
Positions
- Locus of control, the degree to which people believe that they have control over the outcomes of events in their lives, as opposed to external forces beyond their control
- Locus (genetics), the position of a gene, or other significant sequence, on a chromosome
- Locus (mathematics), the set of points satisfying a particular condition, often forming a curve
- Root locus, a diagram visualizing the position of roots as a parameter changes
Periodicals
- Locus (magazine), a monthly trade journal devoted to the science fiction and fantasy publishing industry
- Locus Award, presented to the winners of Locus magazine's annual readers' poll
Other uses
- Loci (band), an alt-rock band from Bristol, United Kingdom
- Locus (archaeology), the smallest definable unit in stratigraphy
- Method of loci, a mnemonic system that uses the spatial memory of a familiar place to enhance recollection
- Locus (rhetoric), another name for a literary or rhetorical topos, a method of constructing an argument
- Locus Computing Corporation (1982-1995), commercialized the LOCUS distributed operating system developed at UCLA
- LOCUS (operating system), a distributed OS developed at UCLA, notable for single-system image idea
- Locus (comics), a Marvel Comics mutant villainess, a member of the Mutant Liberation Front
- HTT Pléthore (Locus Plethore), a Canadian supercar proposed by HTT Automobile in Quebec, Canada
- Locus Technologies (1997), an environmental software company that organizes data via the Internet
- Locus, a 1995 video game by Zombie Studios
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent, a television series that can be abbreviated, "LOCI"
See also
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