vicinal

vic·i·nal  (vs-nl)

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.

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[Latin vcnlis, from vcnus, neighboring; see vicinity.]

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

vicinal - belonging to or limited to a vicinity