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terminus ad quem
[ ter-mi-noos ahd kwem; English tur-muh-nuhs ad kwem ]
noun
- the end to which; aim; goal; final or latest limiting point.
terminus ad quem
/ ˈtɜːmɪˌnʊs æd ˈkwɛm /
noun
- the aim or terminal point
Word History and Origins
Origin of terminus ad quem1
Example Sentences
Sensations are the stable rock, the terminus a quo and the terminus ad quem of thought.
The fact is that the movement, as a movement with a terminus ad quem, was fairly beaten by a power fit to be matched with Rome herself—John Bullism.
In creation there is no real and positive terminus a quo; in annihilation there is no real and positive terminus ad quem; these therefore are not changes in the proper sense of the term.
The style and title of the terminus ad quem were usurped by the terminus à quo.
There are two passages which give us the latter year as the terminus ad quem, viz. c.
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