vicinal

[ vis-uh-nl ]

/ ˈvɪs ə nl /

of, relating to, or belonging to a neighborhood or district.

neighboring; adjacent.

Crystallography. noting a plane the position of which varies very little from that of a fundamental plane of the form.

Origin of vicinal

1615–25; < Latin vīcīnālis, equivalent to vīcīn(us) near + -ālis -al¹; see vicinity

What is the difference between a natural and a vicinal location?

Introduction to the Science of Sociology |Robert E. Park
Two great Roman roads, and some vicinal ways pass near the locality.

On Some Ancient Battle-Fields in Lancashire |Charles Hardwick
The prime geographic consideration is location, natural and vicinal.

Influences of Geographic Environment |Ellen Churchill Semple
He made a fire and began to broil them; the bride searched the vicinal woods for dried branches to feed the fire.

IT and Other Stories |Gouverneur Morris

See Legend.National development, as affected by natural or vicinal location, 268-69.

Introduction to the Science of Sociology |Robert E. Park

vicinal

/ (ˈvɪsɪnəl) /

neighbouring

(esp of roads) of or relating to a locality or neighbourhood

chem relating to or designating two adjacent atoms to which groups are attached in a chain

C17: from Latin vīcīnālis nearby, from vīcīnus, from vīcus a neighbourhood