vicinal

American  

[vis-uh-nl] / ˈvɪs ə nl /

adjective

1. of, relating 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.

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vicinal British  

/ ˈvɪsɪnəl /

adjective

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

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Etymology

Origin of vicinal

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

Example Sentences

It is only twenty minutes from Ostend on the Vicinal railway, which has a special station for golfers near the Club House.

From Bruges and West Flanders by Forestier, Amédée

Watling Street, Ermyn Street, Vicinal Way: made by the Romans, who were famous makers of high roads, many of which are still in use.

From The History of London by Besant, Walter, Sir

They advanced cautiously: they found themselves on a firm road, the Vicinal Way, covered with grass: they expected the sight of an enemy on the wall: none appeared.

From The History of London by Besant, Walter, Sir

Near Coxyde, and at the corner where the road from Furnes turns in the direction of La Panne, is a piece of waste ground which travellers on the Vicinal railway pass without notice.

From Bruges and West Flanders by Forestier, Amédée