vicinal

== English == === Etymology === From Latin vīcīnālis, from vīcus (“village”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈvɪsɪnəl/ === Adjective === vicinal (not comparable) Of or pertaining to a neighborhood; neighboring. (chemistry) Describing identical atoms or groups attached to nearby (especially adjacent) atoms in a molecule. (mineralogy) Describing subordinate planes on a crystal, which are very near to the fundamental planes in angles, and sometimes take their place. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== vicinality vicine vicinity ==== Translations ==== === See also === geminal == French == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin vīcīnālis. Displaced Middle French voisinal. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /vi.si.nal/ === Adjective === vicinal (feminine vicinale, masculine plural vicinaux, feminine plural vicinales) vicinal ==== Related terms ==== voisin === Further reading === “vicinal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: vi‧ci‧nal === Adjective === vicinal m or f (plural vicinais) vicinal === Further reading === “vicinal”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “vicinal”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French vicinal. === Adjective === vicinal m or n (feminine singular vicinală, masculine plural vicinali, feminine/neuter plural vicinale) vicinal ==== Declension ====