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vic⋅i⋅nal

  [vis-uh-nl]
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–adjective
1. of, pertaining to, or belonging to a neighborhood or district.
2. neighboring; adjacent.
3. Crystallography. noting a plane the position of which varies very little from that of a fundamental plane of the form.
Origin:
1615–25; < L vīcīnālis, equiv. to vīcīn(us) near + -ālis -al 1 ; see vicinity
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vic·i·nal   (vĭs'ə-nəl)   
adj.  

  1. Of, belonging to, or restricted to a limited area or neighborhood; local.

  2. Relating to or being a local road.

  3. Mineralogy Approximating, resembling, or taking the place of a fundamental crystalline form or face.

  4. Chemistry Of or relating to the consecutive positions of substituted elements or radicals on a benzene ring.


[Latin vīcīnālis, from vīcīnus, neighboring; see vicinity.]
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