locant
/ˈlɒk(ə)nt/Chemistry
noun
A number or letter in the systematic designation of a compound that indicates the position in its molecular structure of a constituent atom or group.
Origin
1940s. From classical Latin locant-, locāns, present participle of locāre locate.
- lower case
- lower chamber
- lower class
- lower court
- lower critic
- lower criticism
- lower deck
- lower deck rating
- lower depths
- Lower East Side
- lowerer
- lower forty-eight
- Lower Forty-eight (States)
- lower fungus
- lower-grade
- lower house
- Lower Hutt
- lower-income
- lowering
- lower-level
- lower mast
- Lower Merion
- lower-middlebrow
- lower middle class
- lowermost