locus
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set of points whose location satisfies or is determined by one or more specified conditions
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Each curve in this example is a locus defined as the conchoid of the point P and the line l. In this example, P is 8 cm from l.
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 location satisfies or is determined by one or more specified conditions.
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