Definition of vicinal
1 : of or relating to a limited district : local
2 : of, relating to, or substituted in adjacent sites in a molecule a vicinal disulfide group
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Origin and Etymology of vicinal
Latin vicinalis, from vicinus neighbor, from vicinus, adjective, neighboring
First Known Use: circa 1623
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