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lochs
English
Noun
lochs
- plural of loch
Anagrams
- Losch, closh
French
Noun
lochs ?
- plural of loch
Scots
Noun
lochs
- plural of loch
lochs From the web:
- what lochs can you swim in
- what lochs are near edinburgh
- what lochs are in the trossachs
- what lochs are in scotland
- what are lochs food
- what does locks mean
- what are lochs and glens
- what causes blood to become acidic
locus
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin locus.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?l??k?s/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?lo?k?s/
- Rhymes: -??k?s
Noun
locus (plural loci)
- A place or locality, especially a centre of activity or the scene of a crime.
- (mathematics) The set of all points whose coordinates satisfy a given equation or condition.
- (genetics) A fixed position on a chromosome that may be occupied by one or more genes.
- (chiefly in the plural) A passage in writing, especially in a collection of ancient sacred writings arranged according to a theme.
Usage notes
- Sometimes confused with locust.
Derived terms
- homeolocus
- method of loci
- superlocus
Related terms
- local
- locality
- localization
- localize
- locate
- location
- locator
Translations
Anagrams
- ULOCs, clous
Latin
Etymology
From older stlocus, from Proto-Italic *stlokos, from Proto-Indo-European *stel- (“to put, place, locate”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?lo.kus/, [????k?s?]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?lo.kus/, [?l??kus]
Noun
locus m (genitive loc?); second declension
- place, spot (a specific location)
- a passage of literature
- in the plural with neuter gender: a region or general geographic area
Declension
Second-declension noun (otherwise or neuter).
The inflection is irregular. For senses one and two, the declension follows the regular masculine pattern. For sense three, the plural forms become neuter in gender and form.
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- locus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- locus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- locus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- locus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin locus. Doublet of luego.
Noun
locus m (plural loci)
- (genetics) locus
locus From the web:
- what locust
- what locust tree has thorns
- what locust look like
- what locust means
- what locus mean
- what locusts eat
- what locus standi means
- what locusts do
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