Dasein

n. in the thought of German philosopher Martin Heidegger (1889–1976), the particular kind of being manifest in humans. It is their being as Dasein that allows humans access to the larger question of being in general, since access to the world is always through what their own being makes possible. The term is commonly used in existential psychology and related therapeutic approaches. See being-in-the-world. [German, literally: “being there”]

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December 27th 2024

wavelength

n. the distance between successive peaks in a wave motion of a given frequency, such as a sound wave or a wave of electromagnetic radiation. The wavelength is equal to the speed of propagation of the wave motion divided by its frequency.