, 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.
Noun. 1. occipital cortex-that part of the cerebral cortex in either hemisphere of the brain lying in the back of the head. occipital lobe.calcarine fissure, calcarine sulcus-a sulcus in the mesial surface of the occipital lobe of the cerebrum.cerebral cortex, cerebral mantle, cortex, pallium-the layer of unmyelinated neurons (the grey matter) forming the cortex of the cerebrum.occipital gyrus-any of the convolutions of the outer surface of the occipital lobe of the cerebrum.erebral cortex, cerebral mantle, cortex, pallium-the layer of unmyelinated neurons (the grey matter) forming the cortex of the cerebrum. occipital gyrus-any of the convolutions of the outer surface of the occipital lobe of the cerebrum.