different between locus vs hypocycloid

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)

1. A place or locality, especially a centre of activity or the scene of a crime.

2. (mathematics) The set of all points whose coordinates satisfy a given equation or condition.

3. (genetics) A fixed position on a chromosome that may be occupied by one or more genes.
4. (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

1. place, spot (a specific location)
2. a passage of literature
3. 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)

1. (genetics) locus

English

Etymology

hypo- (“below or inside”) +? cycloid

Noun

hypocycloid (plural hypocycloids)

1. (geometry) The locus of a point on the circumference of a circle that rolls without slipping inside the circumference of another circle.

Translations

See also

• cycloid
• epicycloid
• roulette
• Spirograph™
• astroid