Hyphenation of locus

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word locus? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

lo-cus

Definitions of locus:

1.	The scene of any event or action (especially the place of a meeting)
2.	The specific site of a particular gene on its chromosome
3.	The set of all points or lines that satisfy or are determined by specific conditions The locus of points equidistant from a given point is a circle

Synonyms of locus:

noun	venue, locale, scene
noun	site, situation
noun	set

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.