VICINITY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does vicinity mean? 

• VICINITY (noun)
  The noun VICINITY has 1 sense:

1. a surrounding or nearby region

  Familiarity information: VICINITY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VICINITY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A surrounding or nearby region

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

locality; neck of the woods; neighborhood; neighbourhood; vicinity

Context example:

I will drop in on you the next time I am in this neck of the woods

Hypernyms ("vicinity" is a kind of...):

section (a distinct region or subdivision of a territorial or political area or community or group of people)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "vicinity"):

gold coast (a rich neighborhood noted for expensive homes and luxurious living; usually along a coastal area)

'hood ((slang) a neighborhood)

place (a general vicinity)

proximity (the region close around a person or thing)

scenery (the appearance of a place)

Instance hyponyms:

Latin Quarter; Left Bank (the region of Paris on the southern bank of the Seine; a center of artistic and student life)

Montmartre (the highest point in Paris; famous for its associations with many artists)

Right Bank (the region of Paris on the north bank of the Seine)

Charlestown (a former town and present-day neighborhood of Boston; settled in 1629)

Derivation:

vicinal (belonging to or limited to a vicinity)

 Context examples 

Human MGST2 wild-type allele is located in the vicinity of 4q28.3 and is approximately 75 kb in length.

(MGST2 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Human ABL1 wild-type allele is located in the vicinity of 9q34.1 and is approximately 173 kb in length.

(ABL1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Human ABTB2 wild-type allele is located in the vicinity of 11p13 and is approximately 250 kb in length.

(ABTB2 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Human ACRBP wild-type allele is located in the vicinity of 12p13.31 and is approximately 9 kb in length.

(ACRBP wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Human MICB wild-type allele is located in the vicinity of 6p21.3 and is approximately 16 kb in length.

(MICB wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Human MIF wild-type allele is located in the vicinity of 22q11.23 and is less than 1 kb in length.

(MIF wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Human MID1 wild-type allele is located in the vicinity of Xp22 and is approximately 388 kb in length.

(MID1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Human ACACA wild-type allele is located in the vicinity of 17q21 and is approximately 325 kb in length.

(ACACA wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Human ACADM wild-type allele is located in the vicinity of 1p31 and is approximately 39 kb in length.

(ACADM wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Human ACTA2 wild-type allele is located in the vicinity of 10q23.3 and is approximately 56 kb in length.

(ACTA2 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)