vicinal

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin vīcīnālis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɪsɪnəl/

Adjective

vicinal (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to a neighborhood; neighboring.
2. (chemistry) Describing identical atoms or groups attached to nearby (especially adjacent) atoms in a molecule.
3. (mineralogy) Describing subordinate planes on a crystal, which are very near to the fundamental planes in angles, and sometimes take their place.

Related terms

• vicinality
• vicinity

Translations

of or pertaining to a neighborhood

• French: vicinal (fr)
• German: vizinal
• Ido: vicinala
• Italian: vicinale
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• Latin: vīcīnālis
• Polish: sąsiedzki (pl) m
• Spanish: vecinal (es)

chemistry: describing atoms attached to nearby atoms

• Italian: vicinale
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See also

• geminal

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vīcīnālis. Displaced Middle French voisinal.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

vicinal (feminine vicinale, masculine plural vicinaux, feminine plural vicinales)

1. vicinal

See also

• géminal

Further reading

• “vicinal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Portuguese

Adjective

1. vicinal