'Loca' definitions:
Definition of 'Loca'
From: GCIDE
- Locus \Lo"cus\, n.; pl. Loci, & Loca. [L., place. Cf. Allow, Couch, Lieu, Local.]
- 1. A place; a locality. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Math.) 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. [1913 Webster]
- Plane locus, a locus that is a straight line, or a circle.
- Solid locus, a locus that is one of the conic sections. [1913 Webster]