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[parent] locus (Definition)

Locus (from Latin locus `place, region') is a set of points satisfying a certain condition and such that no point outside the set satisfies this condition.

For example, in the plane the locus of such point that is at a fixed distance $ r$ from a fixed point $ O$ is the circle with centre $ O$ and radius $ r$; the locus of such point which is equidistant from both ends of a line segment is the perpendicular bisector of this line segment.

In general, the loci in the plane are geometric curves; thus one may speak of locus curves.



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Cross-references: curves, perpendicular bisector, line segment, radius, centre, circle, fixed point, distance, fixed, plane, points
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This is version 4 of locus, born on 2007-05-22, modified 2007-05-23.
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AMS MSC51N05 (Geometry :: Analytic and descriptive geometry :: Descriptive geometry)

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