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The word locus (plural loci) is Latin for "place". It may refer to:
Positions
- Locus of control, in industrial psychology, having an internal or external locus of 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
- Locus (medicine), the "place" on the body where a pathogen enters
Acronyms
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent, a television series
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
- The method of loci, a mnemonic system based on places
- Locus (rhetoric), another name for a literary or rhetorical topos, a method of constructing an argument
- Locus Computing Corporation
- LOCUS (operating system)
- Locus (comics), a Marvel Comics mutant and supervillain
- Locus Plethore, a Canadian supercar
- Locus Technologies, an environmental software company
- Locus, a 1995 video game by Zombie Studios