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vicinity

noun
/vɪˈsɪnɪti/UK/vəˈsɪnəti/US

Etymology

From vicine + -ity, from Latin vīcīnitās (“neighborhood”) (compare French vicinité), from vīcīnus (“neighbor”) (compare French voisin), from vīcus (“village”).

  1. derived from vīcīnitās

Definitions

  1. Proximity

    Proximity; the state of being near.

    • There was a crackling sound in the vicinity of my right ear.

  2. Neighbourhood

    Neighbourhood; nearby region; surrounding area.

    • There is a hurricane in the vicinity of the Bahamas.
    • O suitably-attired-in-leather-boots Head of a traveller, wherefore seeking whom Whence by what way how purposed art thou come To this well-nightingaled vicinity?
    • Al Jazeera's Scott Heidler, reporting from Bangkok, said hundreds of Yingluck's supporters gathered outside the Bangkok Supreme Court to await the verdict but were not allowed in the vicinity.

  3. Approximate size or amount.

    • I weigh in the vicinity of 80kg.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at vicinity. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at vicinity. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at vicinity

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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