Viminal vs Vicinal - What's the difference?
viminal | vicinal |
(rare) Of or pertaining to twigs; consisting of twigs; producing twigs.
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.
As adjectives the difference between viminal and vicinal
is that viminal is of or pertaining to twigs; consisting of twigs; producing twigs while vicinal is of or pertaining to a neighborhood; neighboring.viminal
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The plantation was then a model of beauty and vigorous health, clothed in a dense viminal mass — Francis George Heath.