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vici·nal (-nəl)

adjective

  1. neighboring; nearby
  2. Mineralogy designating faces on a crystal that approximate or take the place of fundamental planes

Etymology: L vicinalis < vicinus: see vicinity

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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