vicinal

[ vis-uh-nl ]

adjective
  1. of, relating to, or belonging to a neighborhood or district.

  2. neighboring; adjacent.

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

Origin of vicinal

1
1615–25; <Latin vīcīnālis, equivalent to vīcīn(us) near + -ālis-al1; see vicinity

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vicinal

/ (ˈvɪsɪnəl) /


adjective
  1. neighbouring

  2. (esp of roads) of or relating to a locality or neighbourhood

  1. chem relating to or designating two adjacent atoms to which groups are attached in a chain

Origin of vicinal

1
C17: from Latin vīcīnālis nearby, from vīcīnus, from vīcus a neighbourhood

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