Etymograph

English

locant

By surface analysis, loc(us) + -ant

Equivalent to locus + -ant

Old Latin stlocus

Latin locus ‘place’

English locus

Today it means

noun That part of the name of a compound (often a letter or number) that describes the position of an atom, residue or functional group.

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