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vicinal

[vis-uh-nl]

adjective

of, pertaining to, or belonging to a neighborhood or district.

neighboring; adjacent.

Crystallography. noting a plane the position of which varies very little from that of a fundamental plane of the form.

Origin:
1615–25; < Latin vīcīnālis, equivalent to vīcīn(us) near + -ālis -al¹; see vicinity

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vicinal (ˈvɪsɪn^əl)

—*adj*
1.	neighbouring
2.	(esp of roads) of or relating to a locality or neighbourhood
3.	chem relating to or designating two adjacent atoms to which groups are attached in a chain

[C17: from Latin vīcīnālis nearby, from vīcīnus, from vīcus a neighbourhood]

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