Locus

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The word locus (plural loci) is Latin for "place":

  • 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 of some sort.
  • Locus (phonetics), the hypothetical starting point of the formant transitions that characterise plosive consonants acoustically.
  • In the classics, literature or theology, locus (or locus classicus) marks the first appearance of a phrase or the definitive passage that is authoritative for an idea.


Locus may also refer to:

  • Locus is also the title of a magazine carrying news about science fiction.
  • Locus Suspectus is a Canadian contemporary arts magazine.
  • Locus is also a Baltimore-based Arts Magazine.
  • Locus Computing Corporation developed the LOCUS clustering operating system, as well as the Merge 8086 virtual machine implementation.
  • LOCUS Operating System started as a clustering OS research project at UCLA, and was then developed into a commercial product by Locus Computing Corporation in the 1980s.
  • The method of loci is one of the major mnemonic systems.
  • Locus is a racing computer game set in the future. (
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