ad quem

American  

[ahd kwem, ad kwem] / ɑd ˈkwɛm, æd ˈkwɛm /

Latin.

1. at or to which; the end toward which something tends.

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ad quem

The strength of his system lies in the principles, the origin, the terminus a quo of his thought; for us the strength is in the outcome, the upshot, the terminus ad quem.

From The Will to Believe : and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy by James, William

Condemned though they be by some thinkers, these sensations are the mother-earth, the anchorage, the stable rock, the first and last limits, the terminus a quo and the terminus ad quem of the mind.

From The pragmatic theory of truth as developed by Peirce, James, and Dewey by Geyer, Delton Loring

And the Abbot said the verse Benedicamus Patrem et Filium cum Sancto Spiritu, and the prayer Deus ad quem digne laudandum, and they all returned thanksgiving to the Lord.

From Chronicle of the Cid by Southey, Robert

Arguing then entirely from authority, we may put the terminus ad quem at about 130 A.D.

From The Gospels in the Second Century An Examination of the Critical Part of a Work Entitled 'Supernatural Religion' by Sanday, William

This reference, therefore, undoubted as it is, does not greatly help us in solving the problem of date, except as to its ad quem limit.

From The Three Additions to Daniel, a Study by Daubney, William Heaford