Locum vs Locus - What's the difference?
locum | locus |
(British, informal) Abbreviated form of .The Concise Oxford English Dictionary [Eleventh Edition]
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A place or locality, especially a centre of activity or the scene of a crime.
(mathematics) The set of all points whose coordinates satisfy a given equation or condition.
(genetics) A fixed position on a chromosome that may be occupied by one or more genes.
As nouns the difference between locum and locus
is that locum is abbreviated form of locum tenens while locus is a place or locality, especially a centre of activity or the scene of a crime.locum
English
(wikipedia locum)Noun
(locums)The Chambers Dictionary (1998)- -- "I suppose you wouldn't like to do a locum for a month on the South coast? Three guineas a week with board and lodging." -- "I wouldn't mind," said Philip. -- "It's at Farnley, in Dorsetshire. Doctor South. You'd have to go down at once; his assistant has developed mumps. I believe it's a very pleasant place."
References
locus
English
Noun
(loci)- The cafeteria was the locus of activity.
- A circle is the locus of points from which the distance to the center is a given value, the radius.