vicinal

About 0.10 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Of or pertaining to a neighborhood; neighboring.
2. adjective Describing identical atoms or groups attached to nearby (especially adjacent) atoms in a molecule.
3. adjective Describing subordinate planes on a crystal, which are very near to the fundamental planes in angles, and sometimes take their place.

Similar words

nearby diketones diols glycols vincinal accolent neighboring adjacent cousinal parochial

Often followed by

coupling surfaces surface water hydroxyl to si faces diols diol