Noun

(loci)

A place or locality, especially a centre of activity or the scene of a crime.

The cafeteria was the locus of activity.

(mathematics) The set of all points whose coordinates satisfy a given equation or condition.

A circle is the locus of points from which the distance to the center is a given value, the radius.

(genetics) A fixed position on a chromosome that may be occupied by one or more genes.

Noun

(en noun)

A place, especially the one where a given event is to happen.

(legal) A neighborhood or near place; the place or county in which anything is alleged to have happened; also, the place where an action is laid.

* The twelve men who are to try the cause must be of the same venue where the demand is made. --.

(obsolete) A bout; a hit; a turn. See venew.

(sports) Sport venue: a stadium or similar building in which a sporting competition is held.

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, year=2011 , date=November 10 , author=Jeremy Wilson , title= England Under 21 5 Iceland Under 21 0: match report , work=Telegraph citation , page= , passage=With such focus from within the footballing community this week on Remembrance Sunday, there was something appropriate about Colchester being the venue for last night’s game. Troops from the garrison town formed a guard of honour for both sets of players, who emerged for the national anthem with poppies proudly stitched into their tracksuit jackets.}}