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 style and title of the terminus ad quem were usurped by the terminus à quo.

From Toronto of Old by Scadding, Henry

Every tendency or movement presupposes a terminus a quo, from which it starts, and a terminus ad quem, to which it tends.

From Grace, Actual and Habitual A Dogmatic Treatise by Preuss, Arthur

The terminus ad quem is less certain—-iron does not begin to be used for weapons in the Aegean till after Period III.

From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg

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

There was a very severe earthquake in this district also in 1170, and the fact that Benjamin does not refer to it furnishes us with another terminus ad quem.

From The Itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela by Benjamin of Tudela