locating

• POS: Verb (usu participle)
• HYPHEN: lo=cat=ing

CIDE DICTIONARY

locating, n. 

•  the act of putting something in a certain place or location.  [WordNet 1.5]
•  a determination of the location of something.  [WordNet 1.5]

THESAURUS

locating

allocation, assignment, bringing to light, casual discovery, catching, chance discovery, collocation, deployment, deposit, deposition, detection, determination, determining, disclosure, discovery, disposition, distinguishment, emplacement, espial, excavation, exhumation, exposure, find, finding, finding out, invention, lading, loading, localization, location, lucky strike, packing, pinpointing, placement, placing, positioning, posting, putting, recognition, rediscovery, reposition, revelation, serendipity, situation, spotting, stationing, storage, stowage, strike, treasure trove, trouvaille, trove, uncovering, unearthing