, crenelle - A crenelation (from Latin crena, notch) is a series of indentations or loopholes around the top of a castle, battlement, or wallâwith each indentation being a crenelle (or crenel). See also related terms for notch.
Familiarity information: OCCIDENTAL used as a noun is rare. â¢ OCCIDENTAL (adjective) The adjective OCCIDENTAL has 1 sense: 1. denoting or characteristic of countries of Europe and the western hemisphere. Familiarity information: OCCIDENTAL used as an adjective is very rare.
Dasein (. [ËdaËzaÉªn]) is a German word which means being there or presence (German: da there; sein being) often translated in English with the word existence.It is a fundamental concept in the existential philosophy of Martin Heidegger particularly in his magnum opus Being and Time.ome scholars disagree with this interpretation, however, arguing that for Heidegger  Dasein  denoted a structured awareness or an institutional way of life. Others suggest that Heidegger's early insistence on the ontological priority of Dasein was muted in his post-war writings.