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History
Synonyms
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Meaning:
ellipse

a regular oval

circuit, revolution

focus

a meeting-point of rays of light, heat etc; a point, distance, where the sharpest outline is given (to the eye, through a telescope, through a lens on a camera etc)

center of attraction

locale

a scene of an event, e.g. in a novel etc

setting

location

a position or place

place of residence or activity

orbit

a path followed by a heavenly body, e.g. a planet, or by a man-made object, e.g. a satellite, round another body

circuit, revolution

place

a particular part of space (to be) occupied by a person or thing; to put (a person, thing) in a particular place

location with purpose, function

position

a place where a person, thing, place etc is or stands; an opinion

physical place

site

a place where something was, is, or is to be

place of activity

situation

a position (of a town, building etc); a condition, state of affairs especially at a certain time; a job; employment

place of activity

station

a place, building etc where a service is organized and provided; a place where trains stop; a system, company, providing radio or TV programmes, a social position, rank; to put (people, things) in a certain place

headquarters, base

where

(used especially in questions) at, in, to, what place or position; at which, to which; at, in, to, the place that; in, to, any place at all; the place that

place

LOCUS as in Wiktionary
LOCUS as in Wikipedia