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; see vicinity
Example Sentences
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He called the dinky, vicinal railroads whose earnings did not warrant their existence a "cancerous growth" on the U. S. transportation system.
From Time Magazine Archive
The sides of the pits and elevations are bounded by small faces which have the character of vicinal faces.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" by Various
One or two benzene nuclei may suffer condensation with the furfurane, thiophene and pyrrol rings, the common carbon atoms being vicinal to the hetero-atom.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1 "Châtelet" to "Chicago" by Various
Within a mile again, the track they were following—a very ancient vicinal way—began to rise over a long stretch of moorland used mainly for sheep-walks, and covered in places with wide patches of low-growing bilberry-bushes.
From The Wolf Patrol A Tale of Baden-Powell's Boy Scouts by John Finnemore
Dr. Stukely having discovered a Roman castrum and a vicinal road here, supposed it to be the Aquis of Ravennas.
From Curiosities of Great Britain: England and Wales Delineated Vol.1-11 Historical, Entertaining & Commercial; Alphabetically Arranged. 11 Volume set. by Thomas Cantrell Dugdale
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