vicinal

Of, belonging to, or restricted to a limited area or neighborhood; local.

Relating to or being a local road.

Approximating, resembling, or taking the place of a fundamental crystalline form or face.

Of or relating to the consecutive positions on a ring or chain of carbon atoms.

In organ. chem., noting the proximity, in the molecule of a cyclic compound, of two or more substituting groups or atoms. It is used especially of derivatives of benzene having groups in the positions 1,2,3.

Near; neighboring. [Rare.]

Near; vicine.

Having the substituted groups on the same carbon atom.

subordinate planes on a crystal, which are very near to the fundamental planes in angles, and sometimes take their place. They have in general very complex symbols.

Of or pertaining to a neighborhood; neighboring.