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Android navigation app
Locus Map is a multi-functional outdoor navigation application, available on a subscription model for Android and iOS devices. Primarily it is designed
Locus_Map
Topics referred to by the same term
(1982–1995), commercialized the LOCUS distributed operating system developed at UCLA Locus Map, an Android navigation app using maps of various providers in online
Locus
Collaborative map database
CoMaps, CycleStreets, Karta GPS, Komoot, Locus Map, Maps.me, Organic Maps, and OsmAnd also provide offline route planning capabilities. Apple Maps uses
OpenStreetMap
Feature of GPS navigation devices
2022-07-18. "Locus Map - mobile outdoor navigation app". Locus Map - mobile outdoor navigation app. Retrieved 2022-07-18. "Magic Earth - OpenStreetMap Wiki"
Turn-by-turn_navigation
DNA locus associated with variation in a quantitative trait
A quantitative trait locus (QTL) is a locus (section of DNA) that correlates with variation of a quantitative trait in the phenotype of a population of
Quantitative_trait_locus
Medical condition
linkage to this locus was found. This locus maps to chromosome 20p and was discovered in a large French Canadian family with RLS. This locus maps to chromosome
Restless_legs_syndrome
Location of a gene or region on a chromosome
different alleles at a given locus are called heterozygous. The ordered list of loci known for a particular genome is called a gene map. Gene mapping is the process
Locus_(genetics)
2021 science-fiction novel by Andy Weir
"Locus Bestsellers, August 2021". Locus Magazine. August 18, 2021. Archived from the original on November 6, 2021. Retrieved August 22, 2021. "Locus Bestsellers
Project_Hail_Mary
Locus of colors of incandescent black bodies within a color space
In physics and color science, the Planckian locus, or black body locus, is the path, or locus, that the color of an incandescent black body would take
Planckian_locus
Mathematical function that preserves angles
In mathematics, a conformal map is a function that locally preserves angles, but not necessarily lengths. More formally, let U {\displaystyle U} and V
Conformal_map
Concept in algebraic geometry
projection, there results in the map: f : X → P ( V ∗ ) . {\displaystyle f:X\to \mathbb {P} (V^{*}).} When the base locus of V is not empty, the above discussion
Linear_system_of_divisors
Set of points where the shortest paths from a specific starting point cease to be unique
In differential geometry, the cut locus of a point p on a manifold is the closure of the set of all other points on the manifold that are connected to
Cut_locus
British computer programmer (born 1980)
December 1980) is a British entrepreneur and the founder of the OpenStreetMap community-based world mapping project and CloudMade, a geography-related
Steve_Coast
Literary topos involving an idealized place of safety or comfort
Locus amoenus (Latin for "pleasant place") is a literary topos involving an idealized place of safety or comfort. A locus amoenus is usually a beautiful
Locus_amoenus
Set of points that satisfy some specified conditions
In geometry, a locus (plural: loci; Latin for 'place, location') is a set of all points (commonly, a line, a line segment, a curve or a surface), whose
Locus_(mathematics)
Long-distance trail in Turkey
points and other useful information. Suitable applications include Gaia, Locus, Maps.me. Since 2010, an international multiday trail running ultramarathon
Lycian_Way
Stability criterion in control theory
In control theory and stability theory, root locus analysis is a graphical method for examining how the roots of a linear time-invariant (LTI) system
Root_locus_analysis
"Magic Earth - OpenStreetMap Wiki". wiki.openstreetmap.org. Retrieved 2023-06-02. "Speed cameras warnings - MAPS.ME SUPPORT". MAPS.ME. Archived from the
Comparison of satellite navigation software
Comparison_of_satellite_navigation_software
Stress and panic response centre
The locus coeruleus (/sɪˈruːliəs/) (LC), also spelled locus caeruleus or locus ceruleus, is a nucleus in the pons of the brainstem involved with physiological
Locus_coeruleus
Human chromosome
locus. Gene map locus 19q13.4 OMIM: 604812 KPTN: Kaptin (actin binding protein) at the tips of stereocilia. Gene map locus 19q13.4 FUT1: The H locus is
Chromosome_19
Condition of fingers or toes being fused together at birth
PMID 7581388. Sato D, Liang D, Wu L, et al. (2007). "A syndactyly type IV locus maps to 7q36". Journal of Human Genetics. 52 (6): 561–4. doi:10.1007/s10038-007-0150-5
Syndactyly
Science fantasy series by Anne McCaffrey
"Locus Awards 1984". Science Fiction Awards Database. Retrieved 16 October 2025. "Locus Poll Best All-time Novel Results: 1987, fantasy novels". Locus
Dragonriders_of_Pern
Type of map used in mathematics, particularly dynamical systems
Poincaré map. A Poincaré map differs from a recurrence plot in that space, not time, determines when to plot a point. For instance, the locus of the Moon
Poincaré_map
Genetics responsible for the appearance of a cat's fur
Menotti-Raymond, M. (April 2009). "A domestic cat X chromosome linkage map and the sex-linked orange locus: mapping of orange, multiple origins and epistasis over nonagouti"
Cat_coat_genetics
Neurological movement disorder
Ferraris A, et al. (March 2001). "DYT13, a novel primary torsion dystonia locus, maps to chromosome 1p36.13--36.32 in an Italian family with cranial-cervical
Dystonia
Excessive sweating
Saga University in Japan reported that primary palmar hyperhidrosis maps to gene locus 14q11.2–q13. James, William; Berger, Timothy; Elston, Dirk (2006)
Hyperhidrosis
Largest known protein in human muscles
MacRae C, Solomon S, et al. (March 1999). "Familial dilated cardiomyopathy locus maps to chromosome 2q31". Circulation. 99 (8): 1022–1026. doi:10.1161/01.cir
Titin
American geneticist
gene-enzyme maps of Drosophila melanogaster. His biochemical mapping would stimulate his editing of six editions of Genetic Maps: Locus Maps of Complex
Stephen_J._O'Brien
Generalization of covers
covering is a map that is almost a covering map, except on a small set. In topology, a map is a branched covering if it is a covering map everywhere except
Branched_covering
American writer (born 1979)
nominated for the 2007 World Fantasy Award. In 2012, Valente won three Locus Awards: Best Novelette (White Lines on a Green Field), Best Novella (Silently
Catherynne_M._Valente
Novel series by Gene Wolfe
1998 Locus All-Time Poll". Locus Publications. Archived from the original on January 13, 2004. Retrieved April 24, 2012. • See also "1998 Locus Poll Award"
The_Book_of_the_New_Sun
Misconception about taste and the tongue
The tongue map or taste map is a common misconception that different sections of the tongue are exclusively responsible for different basic tastes. It
Tongue_map
Hypothesized anatomical detail
performed dissections on the female genitals of cadavers and used photography to map the structure of nerves in the clitoris, were already aware that the clitoris
G-spot
Excessive sweating in certain body regions
referring to excess sweating on the palms of the hands and feet, maps to the gene locus 14q11.2-q13. Based on previous research using mice and rats, researchers
Focal_hyperhidrosis
For these families, even maps with disconnected Julia sets may display nontrivial dynamics. Hence here the connectedness locus is generally of less interest
Connectedness_locus
Branching out of a mathematical structure
\Omega _{X/Y}} is called the ramification locus of f {\displaystyle f} and the image of the ramification locus, f ( Supp Ω X / Y ) {\displaystyle f\left(\operatorname
Ramification_(mathematics)
First map in Mercator's projection
The Mercator world map of 1569 is titled Nova et Aucta Orbis Terrae Descriptio ad Usum Navigantium Emendate Accommodata (Renaissance Latin for "New and
Mercator_1569_world_map
1973 short story by Ursula K. Le Guin
single child. "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas" was nominated for the Locus Award for Best Short Fiction in 1974 and won the Hugo Award for Best Short
The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas
The_Ones_Who_Walk_Away_from_Omelas
English author, film director and visual artist (born 1952)
ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 1 April 2025. "Clive Barker: The Outsider". Locus Magazine. March 2005. Retrieved 30 August 2024. "Review: The fox on the
Clive_Barker
Protein-coding gene in humans
et al. (October 1992). "The tyrosinase-positive oculocutaneous albinism locus maps to chromosome 15q11.2-q12". American Journal of Human Genetics. 51 (4):
P_protein
American writer (born 1968)
2015. Retrieved May 9, 2015. "2017 Locus Awards Winners Archived June 25, 2017, at the Wayback Machine," Locus Magazine, June 24, 2017. "Jeff VanderMeer
Jeff_VanderMeer
complex dynamics, the bifurcation locus of a parameterized family of one-variable holomorphic functions informally is a locus of those parameterized points
Bifurcation_locus
certain definite sense. More strictly, f has an associated exceptional locus which describes how it identifies nearby points in codimension one, and
Exceptional_divisor
Centers of curvature of a curve
In the differential geometry of curves, the evolute of a curve is the locus of all its centers of curvature. That is to say that when the center of curvature
Evolute
American writer (born 1972)
Associated Press March 17, 2007 Excerpts from interview in July 2006 "Locus" "The IAFA William L. Crawford Fantasy Award Past Winners". International
Joe_Hill_(writer)
Region on human chromosome 14
Immunoglobulin heavy locus, also known as IGH, is a region on human chromosome 14 that contains a gene for the heavy chains of human antibodies (or immunoglobulins)
IGH@
Family of DNA sequences found in prokaryotic organisms
includes the protein families Cas1 through Cas9. A complete CRISPR-Cas locus has at least one gene belonging to the cas core. CRISPR-Cas systems fall
CRISPR
Genomic loci that explain variation in gene expression levels
An expression quantitative trait locus (eQTL) is a type of quantitative trait locus (QTL), a genomic locus (region of DNA) that is associated with phenotypic
Expression quantitative trait loci
Expression_quantitative_trait_loci
2025 science fiction novel by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Tchaikovsky: Review by Alexandra Pierce". Locus. Retrieved 23 Nov 2025. "2026 Locus Awards Winners". Locus Online. May 30, 2026. Retrieved May 31, 2026
Shroud_(Tchaikovsky_novel)
American writer and television producer (born 1948)
Hugo Award, World Fantasy Award, Locus Poll Award, and the British Fantasy Award; the novel went on to win the Locus Poll Award for Best Fantasy Novel
George_R._R._Martin
Philippine web and mobile mapping service
2026. "Sakay.ph - NCR Commute Map - Apps on Google Play". Google Play. Retrieved May 18, 2026. "Sakay.ph - NCR Commute Map - Apps on Google Play". App Store
Sakay.ph
American fiction writer (born 1952)
Finalists". Locus Magazine. July 21, 2021. Archived from the original on July 22, 2021. "Robin Hobb Awards". Science Fiction Awards Database. Locus Science
Robin_Hobb
2010 novella by Ted Chiang
course of many years. The novella received critical praise, winning the 2011 Locus Award for Best Novella and the 2011 Hugo Award for Best Novella. Ana, a
The Lifecycle of Software Objects
The_Lifecycle_of_Software_Objects
2024 video game
giant man named Locus breaks into the College, steals a cat mummy, and knocks Jones unconscious before leaving. Jones notices Locus's medallion bears
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
Indiana_Jones_and_the_Great_Circle
M, Bosio S, D'Ascola G, et al. (May 1999). "Juvenile hemochromatosis locus maps to chromosome 1q". American Journal of Human Genetics. 64 (5): 1388–1393
Hemojuvelin
formula, is the expression for the fundamental class of a degeneracy locus (or determinantal variety) of a morphism of vector bundles in terms of Chern
Porteous_formula
Fantasy fiction series (1968–2001) by Ursula K. Le Guin
Murphy (2006), p. 5 "Ursula K. Le Guin". Science Fiction Awards Database. Locus Science Fiction Foundation. Archived from the original on July 21, 2019
Earthsea
Chart showing compressor performance
start to move open. Also shown on the map is a typical steady state working (or operating/running) line. This is a locus of the operating points of the engine
Compressor_map
British writer (1934–2011)
was twice a finalist for the Hugo Award, nominated fourteen times for the Locus Award, seven times for the Mythopoeic Award (which she won twice), twice
Diana_Wynne_Jones
Fantasy book series by Terry Pratchett
Worlds Without End. Retrieved 18 April 2022. "2010 Nebula Awards Winners". Locus Online News. May 2011. Archived from the original on 13 December 2016. Retrieved
Discworld
Genes on human chromosome 6
encoded by HLA-DPA1 locus β-chain encoded by HLA-DPB1 locus HLA-DQ α-chain encoded by HLA-DQA1 locus β-chain encoded by HLA-DQB1 locus HLA-DR α-chain encoded
Human_leukocyte_antigen
embedded in 7-dimensional projective space under the 2-theta map, and is then the singular locus of a 6-dimensional quartic hypersurface (Coble 1982), called
Coble_hypersurface
Fan artist and author
Norton Victory on Janus (1968) Locus, June 24, 1969 Locus, July 31, 1969 Locus, August 23, 1969 Locus, September 10, 1969 Locus, December 31, 1969 The Magazine
Michael_Gilbert_(artist)
2009 novel by Catherynne M. Valente
Retrieved July 11, 2025. "2010 Locus Awards Finalists". Locus. April 19, 2010. Retrieved July 11, 2025. "2010 Mythopoeic Awards". Locus. July 12, 2010. Retrieved
Palimpsest_(novel)
American science fiction and fantasy writer (1931–2019)
(four volumes, 1980–1983), the first part of his "Solar Cycle". In 1998, Locus magazine ranked it the third-best fantasy novel published before 1990 based
Gene_Wolfe
Study of DNA modifications that do not change its sequence
epigenetic differences between monozygotic twins to compare global and locus-specific changes in DNA methylation and histone modifications in a sample
Epigenetics
Country in Eastern Europe and North Asia
autochthonous and allochthonous peoples, including Russians, is a unique locus for conducting a large-scale research in the area of bilingualism and multilingualism
Russia
Novel by George R. R. Martin
8, 2012. Locus Publications (May 2012). "Locus Online News » 2012 Locus Award Finalists". Locus Publications. "Locus Online News » 2012 Locus Awards Winners"
A_Dance_with_Dragons
Fractal named after mathematician Benoit Mandelbrot
to the set. The Mandelbrot set can also be defined as the connectedness locus of the family of quadratic polynomials f ( z ) = z 2 + c {\displaystyle
Mandelbrot_set
Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens
MJ, DePace A, Bray-Ward P, Maizels N (August 1998). "The human HNRPD locus maps to 4q21 and encodes a highly conserved protein". Genomics. 49 (3): 378–384
HNRPD
American television series
ISSN 1059-1028. Retrieved December 15, 2025. "2025 Dragon Awards Winners". Locus Online. September 2, 2025. Archived from the original on September 14, 2025
Murderbot_(TV_series)
Map in projective geometry
the zero locus of the 2×2 minors of the matrix ( Z i , j ) {\displaystyle (Z_{i,j})} . That is, the Segre variety is the common zero locus of the quadratic
Segre_embedding
Long exact sequence
regular section, s ! [ X ] {\displaystyle s^{!}[X]} is the class of the zero-locus of s, where [X] is the fundamental class of X. Logarithmic form Wang sequence
Gysin_homomorphism
include intimin, Tir, EspC, EspF, EspH, and Map protein. The LEE has a 39% G+C ratio.[clarification needed] Locus of enterocyte effacement-encoded regulator
Locus of enterocyte effacement
Locus_of_enterocyte_effacement
Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens
Phosphatase), was the first brain-specific PTP discovered. The human STEP locus maps to chromosome 11p15.2-p15.1 and the murine STEP gene to chromosome 7B3-B5
PTPN5
Process of locating specific genes
maps help describe the spatial arrangement of genes on a chromosome. Genes are designated to a specific location on a chromosome known as the locus and
Gene_mapping
2005 science fiction novel by Charles Stross
released as a free e-book under the CC BY-NC-ND license. Accelerando won the Locus Award in 2006, and was nominated for several other awards in 2005 and 2006
Accelerando
2 ( x ) ] {\displaystyle [f_{1}(x):f_{2}(x)]} . If we set the vanishing locus of f 1 , f 2 {\displaystyle f_{1},f_{2}} as Y {\displaystyle Y} then there
Decomposition theorem of Beilinson, Bernstein and Deligne
Decomposition_theorem_of_Beilinson,_Bernstein_and_Deligne
English author and critic (born 1972)
Arthur C. Clarke Award, British Fantasy Award, BSFA Award, Hugo Award, Locus Award, and World Fantasy Awards. He holds the record for the most Arthur
China_Miéville
2017 novel by S.A. Chakraborty
"Machado Wins Crawford Award". Locus. February 14, 2018. Retrieved October 22, 2025. "2018 Locus Awards Winners". Locus. June 23, 2018. Archived from the
The_City_of_Brass_(novel)
Thermal electromagnetic radiation
"Nine-Year Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) Observations: Final Maps and Results". The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 1212 (2): 5225
Black-body_radiation
British science fiction and fantasy author
2025. "2024 Clarke Award Winner". Locus. 24 Jul 2024. Retrieved 7 Jul 2025. "2024 Locus Awards Top Ten Finalists". Locus. 9 May 2024. Retrieved 7 Jul 2025
Emily_Tesh
Pair of diametrically opposite points on a circle, sphere, or hypersphere
(considered equivalent), the sphere becomes a model of real projective space. Cut locus Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Antipodes" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 2
Antipodal_point
Characterizes spherical triangles with fixed base and area
base has its apex on a small circle, called Lexell's circle or Lexell's locus, passing through each of the two points antipodal to the two base vertices
Lexell's_theorem
Cat with a three colored coat
very distinct fur coat. Calico cats are almost always female because the locus of the gene for the orange/non-orange coloring is on the X chromosome. In
Calico_cat
Perception caused by wavelengths of light
horseshoe-shaped portion of the CIE xy chromaticity diagram (the spectral locus), but are, in surfaces, more chromatic, although less spectrally pure. The
Color
Multiverse's Reboot Or Convergence?". Comics Nexus. "Marvel Unveils 'Battleworld' Map Ahead of 2015's 'Secret Wars'". The Hollywood Reporter. November 25, 2014
List of Marvel Comics characters: L
List_of_Marvel_Comics_characters:_L
Literary genre
April 2019. "Awards – Locus Online". Archived from the original on 4 April 2019. Retrieved 4 April 2019. "Conventions". Locus Online. 29 August 2017
Science_fiction
Literary genre
of story collections Publishers Magazines Fantastic Fantastic Adventures Locus The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction Science Fantasy Unknown Weird
Fantasy
Genetic condition involving facial, heart, blood and skeletal features
Type Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man database Gene Year found Locus % of cases Description Refs. NS1 163950 PTPN11 2001 12q24.1 50% The PTPN11 gene
Noonan_syndrome
Collection of J. R. R. Tolkien's mythopoeic works
The New York Times Fiction Best Seller list in October 1977. It won the Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel in 1978. The Silmarillion was criticised for
The_Silmarillion
Topological space that locally resembles Euclidean space
together, other examples of manifolds are a parabola, a hyperbola, and the locus of points on a cubic curve y2 = x3 − x (a closed loop piece and an open
Manifold
2019 novel by S.A. Chakraborty
illustrations and maps, is printed in hardcover and paperback, and is available in digital download. A review by Paul Di Filippo in Locus says that the novel
The_Kingdom_of_Copper
35th Philippine senatorial election
from the original on September 24, 2024. Retrieved September 24, 2024. Locus, Sundy; Bordey, Hana (October 4, 2024). "Makabayan coalition senatoriables
2025 Philippine Senate election
2025_Philippine_Senate_election
Retrieved August 31, 2024. locusmag (April 12, 2021). "John Pelan (1957-2021)". Locus Online. Retrieved August 31, 2024. "Sound Salmon Solutions gets grant for
2021 deaths in the United States (January–June)
2021_deaths_in_the_United_States_(January–June)
1990 book by Orson Scott Card
bibliography Orson Scott Card Maps in a Mirror on Orson Scott Card's site, accessed 14 June 2013 "The Locus Index to SF Awards: Locus Awards Winners by Category"
Maps_in_a_Mirror
Protein-coding gene in humans
Seidman JG, Seidman CE (1994). "A dominant Stargardt's macular dystrophy locus maps to chromosome 13q34". Archives of Ophthalmology. 112 (6): 759–64. doi:10
ELOVL4
1970 science fiction novel by Larry Niven
Ringworld won the Nebula Award in 1970, as well as both the Hugo Award and Locus Award in 1971. On Earth in 2850 AD, a bored Louis Wu is celebrating his
Ringworld
Country in South Asia
The result left no one, not least the British, in doubt about where the locus of power within the Muslim community now lay ... In most respects, therefore
Pakistan
Country in Northwestern Europe
Murray C.; Finlayson, Bryan L. & McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen–Geiger climate classification". Hydrology and Earth System
Belgium
LOCUS MAP
LOCUS MAP
Female
English
English name derived from the flower name, from Latin lotus, from Greek lotos, a name for various kinds of plants before it came to designate the Egyptian "white lotus." The Greek word may ultimately come from Hebrew lowt, LOTUS means "covering, veil."
Girl/Female
Greek Egyptian
Flower.
Boy/Male
Tamil
Lotus
Girl/Female
Tamil
Ekagratha | à®à®•à®¾à®•à¯à®°à®¤à®¾
Focus
Ekagratha | à®à®•à®¾à®•à¯à®°à®¤à®¾
Girl/Female
Tamil
Mrinalika | மரநாலிகா
Lotus stalk, Lotus stem, Lotus
Mrinalika | மரநாலிகா
Boy/Male
Tamil
Lotus
Girl/Female
Tamil
Focus
Girl/Female
Australian, Chinese, Dutch, Vietnamese
Lotus Flower; Lotus
Boy/Male
Latin
Friend of Hercules.
Girl/Female
Tamil
Lotus stalk, Lotus stem, Lotus
Boy/Male
Tamil
Lotus
Girl/Female
Hindu
Lotus stalk, Lotus stem, Lotus
Girl/Female
Bengali, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Sindhi, Telugu, Traditional
Lotus Eyes; Lotus Eyed
Boy/Male
Latin
Friend of Hercules.
Boy/Male
Tamil
Lotus
Boy/Male
Tamil
Pankajam | பநà¯à®•à®¾à®œà®®
Lotus
Pankajam | பநà¯à®•à®¾à®œà®®
Girl/Female
African, Australian, Christian, Danish, Greek
Dreamlike; Lotus Flower
Boy/Male
Tamil
Lotus
Boy/Male
Tamil
Lotus
Girl/Female
Hindu
Lotus stalk, Lotus stem, Lotus
LOCUS MAP
LOCUS MAP
Boy/Male
British, English
From the Church's Forest
Boy/Male
American, British, English
Good Friend
Boy/Male
Hindu
Joy, Happiness
Boy/Male
Irish
White fire.
Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim
Example; Copy
Girl/Female
Indian
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, Chinese, Czechoslovakian, Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Latin, Swedish, Swiss
Reborn; Form of Reginald; Counsel Power; Rebirth
Boy/Male
Sikh
Firm in battle, A widow
Girl/Female
Norse
Breath.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : metronymic from Lees 3.
LOCUS MAP
LOCUS MAP
LOCUS MAP
LOCUS MAP
LOCUS MAP
n.
The Lotus corniculatus.
n.
See Lotus.
pl.
of Locus
pl.
of Locus
n.
A name of several kinds of water lilies; as Nelumbium speciosum, used in religious ceremonies, anciently in Egypt, and to this day in Asia; Nelumbium luteum, the American lotus; and Nymphaea Lotus and N. caerulea, the respectively white-flowered and blue-flowered lotus of modern Egypt, which, with Nelumbium speciosum, are figured on its ancient monuments.
pl.
of Focus
n. pl.
A people visited by Ulysses in his wanderings. They subsisted on the lotus. See Lotus (b), and Lotus-eater.
v. t.
To bring to a focus; to focalize; as, to focus a camera.
imp. & p. p.
of Focus
n.
A point so related to a conic section and certain straight line called the directrix that the ratio of the distace between any point of the curve and the focus to the distance of the same point from the directrix is constant.
n.
A genus (Lotus) of leguminous plants much resembling clover.
n.
The lotus of the lotuseaters, probably a tree found in Northern Africa, Sicily, Portugal, and Spain (Zizyphus Lotus), the fruit of which is mildly sweet. It was fabled by the ancients to make strangers who ate of it forget their native country, or lose all desire to return to it.
n.
Love locks.
n.
A place; a locality.
pl.
of Focus
n.
A point in which the rays of light meet, after being reflected or refrcted, and at which the image is formed; as, the focus of a lens or mirror.
v. t.
To bring to a focus; to focus; to concentrate.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Focus
n.
The line traced by a point which varies its position according to some determinate law; the surface described by a point or line that moves according to a given law.
n.
The locust tree. See Locust Tree (definition, note, and phrases).