locant

noun
/ˈloʊkənt/US

Etymology

By surface analysis, loc(us) + -ant

Definitions

  1. That part of the name of a compound (often a letter or number) that describes the…

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

    • The 2 in hexan-2-one is a locant.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for locant. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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