Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Locate \Lo"cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Located}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Locating}.] [L. locatus, p. p. of locare to place, fr. locus
   place. See {Local}.]
   1. To place; to set in a particular spot or position.

            The captives and emigrants whom he brought with him
            were located in the trans-Tiberine quarter. --B. F.
                                                  Westcott.

   2. To designate the site or place of; to define the limits
      of; as, to locate a public building; to locate a mining
      claim; to locate (the land granted by) a land warrant.

            That part of the body in which the sense of touch is
            located.                              --H. Spencer.

Source : WordNet®

locating
     n 1: the act of putting something in a certain place or location
          [syn: {placement}, {location}, {position}, {positioning},
           {emplacement}]
     2: a determination of the location of something; "he got a good
        fix on the target" [syn: {localization}, {localisation}, {location},
         {fix}]