Locus (plural loci) is Latin for "place". It may refer to:
Entertainment
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Locus (comics)
Locus is the name of two fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The first one, whose real name is Aaron Verne, first appeared in ''Thor'' #302 (Dec. 1980), and has the ability to create geometric energ ...
, a Marvel Comics mutant villainess, a member of the Mutant Liberation Front
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''Locus'' (magazine), science fiction and fantasy magazine
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Locus Award
The Locus Awards are an annual set of literary awards voted on by readers of the science fiction and fantasy magazine ''Locus'', a monthly magazine based in Oakland, California. The awards are presented at an annual banquet. In addition to the p ...
'', presented to the winners of ''Locus'' magazine's annual readers' poll
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''Locus'' (video game), a 1995 video game by Zombie Studios
* ''Locus'', a 2020 album by
Satyr
In Greek mythology, a satyr ( grc-gre, σάτυρος, sátyros, ), also known as a silenus or ''silenos'' ( grc-gre, σειληνός ), is a male nature spirit with ears and a tail resembling those of a horse, as well as a permanent, ex ...
Computers and mathematics
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Locus (mathematics)
In geometry, a locus (plural: ''loci'') (Latin word for "place", "location") is a set of all points (commonly, a line, a line segment, a curve or a surface), whose location satisfies or is determined by one or more specified conditions..
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, the set of points satisfying a particular condition, often forming a curve
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LOCUS (operating system)
Locus (plural loci) is Latin for "place". It may refer to:
Entertainment
* Locus (comics), a Marvel Comics mutant villainess, a member of the Mutant Liberation Front
* ''Locus'' (magazine), science fiction and fantasy magazine
** ''Locus Award' ...
, a distributed OS developed at UCLA, notable for single-system image idea
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Locus Computing Corporation
Locus Computing Corporation was formed in 1982 by Gerald J. Popek, Charles S. Kline and Gregory I. Thiel
to commercialize the technologies developed for the LOCUS distributed operating system at UCLA. Locus was notable for commercializing s ...
(1982–1995), commercialized the LOCUS distributed operating system developed at UCLA
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Locus Map, an Android navigation app using maps of various providers in online and offline mode
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Locus Technologies (1997), an environmental software company that organizes data via the Internet
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Root locus, a diagram visualizing the position of roots as a parameter changes
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Wang LOCI (Logarithmic Computing Instrument), an early scientific calculator by Wang
Science
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Locus (archaeology), the smallest definable unit in stratigraphy
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Locus (genetics)
In genetics, a locus (plural loci) is a specific, fixed position on a chromosome where a particular gene or genetic marker is located. Each chromosome carries many genes, with each gene occupying a different position or locus; in humans, the tota ...
, the position of a gene or other significant sequence on a chromosome
Other
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Locus (rhetoric), another name for a literary or rhetorical ''topos'', a method of constructing an argument
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Locus of control
Locus of control is the degree to which people believe that they, as opposed to external forces (beyond their influence), have control over the outcome of events in their lives. The concept was developed by Julian B. Rotter in 1954, and has sinc ...
, the degree to which people have control over events
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Method of loci, a mnemonic system that uses the spatial memory of a familiar place to enhance recollection
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HTT Pléthore (Locus Plethore), a Canadian supercar proposed by HTT Automobile in Quebec, Canada
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(LOCI) of the University of Louvain in Belgium
See also
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