(plural loci), 1715, "locality," from Latin locus "a place, spot, position," from Old Latin stlocus, literally "where something is placed," from PIE root *st(h)el- "to cause to stand, to place." Used by Latin writers for Greek topos. Mathematical sense by 1750.
权威例句
1. Thereafter, the military remained the locus of real power.
自此之后,军方一直掌握着实权。
2. Barcelona is the locus of Spanish industry.
巴塞罗那是西班牙工业中心。
3. The dark - hair genes are epistatic to the red hair locus.
黑发基因对于红发基因位点来说是上位遗传的.
4. Altogether, half the offspring will be homozygous at that particular locus.
加在一起, 将有半数的后代在那个特定的位点上是纯合的.
5. The colon is the locus of a large concentration of bacteria.