vicinal
Americanadjective
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of, relating to, or belonging to a neighborhood or district.
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neighboring; adjacent.
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Crystallography. noting a plane the position of which varies very little from that of a fundamental plane of the form.
adjective
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neighbouring
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(esp of roads) of or relating to a locality or neighbourhood
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chem relating to or designating two adjacent atoms to which groups are attached in a chain
Etymology
Origin of vicinal
1615–25; < Latin vīcīnālis, equivalent to vīcīn ( us ) near + -ālis -al 1; vicinity
Example Sentences
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The sides of the pits and elevations are bounded by small faces which have the character of vicinal faces.
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Of the tri-derivatives the symmetrical compounds boil at the lowest temperature, the asymmetric next, and the vicinal at the highest.
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What is the difference between a natural and a vicinal location?
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He made a fire and began to broil them; the bride searched the vicinal woods for dried branches to feed the fire.
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