locant. (chemistry). The portion of a chemical name, usually a number or a letter, that designates the position of an atom or group of atoms in a formula unit. 1  Facebook. 2  Twitter.
A back-to-back cargo movement is generally understood as the transfer of loose goods from one truck to another---in its literal form, positioning two trucks with their backs to one another. Primitive variants involve labor-intensive handling and placement of cargo on the ground during the transfer.t is, however, the hallmark of cargo transfer at every crossing between Israel and the Palestinian areas as well as at a number of checkpoints inside the West Bank. Even the new border terminals under development by the Government of Israel envision variants of this type of back to back system.
A yaw motion is a side-to side movement of the bow and stern of the ship. The lateral/Y axis, transverse axis, or pitch axis is an imaginary line running horizontally across the ship and through the centre of gravity. A pitch motion is an up-or-down movement of the bow and stern of the ship. The longitudinal/X axis, or roll axis, is an imaginary line running horizontally through the length of the ship, through its centre of gravity, and parallel to the waterline.