What does adjacent mean for planes in a crystal lattice?

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Homework Statement


By book says prove that the distance between two adjacent parallel planes of a lattice is d(hkl) = 2pi/|G| where g = gb_1 +k b_2 + l b_3 where the b_i are the primitive vectors of the reciprocal lattice.

Could someone clarify exactly what they mean by "adjacent"?


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