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Orthoptic locus of a circle, ellipses and hyperbolas
locus of a circle, ellipses and hyperbolas

In geometry, a locus (plural: loci) is one of a set of points which satisfies one or more conditions. The usual results are a curve or a surface. For example, all points in a plane an equal distance from a center point result in a circle.

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