terminus a quo

American  

[ter-mi-noos ah kwoh, tur-muh-nuhs ay kwoh] / ˈtɛr mɪˌnʊs ɑ ˈkwoʊ, ˈtɜr mə nəs eɪ ˈkwoʊ /

noun

Latin.

1. the end from which; beginning; starting point; earliest limiting point.

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terminus a quo British  

/ ˈtɜːmɪˌnʊs ɑː ˈkwəʊ /

noun

1. the starting point; beginning

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Etymology

Origin of terminus a quo

literally: the end from which

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Example Sentences

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terminus a quo

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 Arthur Preuss

In the country, the town-roads centre at the meeting-house, which is also the terminus a quo, the golden mile-stone, whence distances are measured off.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 07, May, 1858 by Various

Only in the case of the Buddhistic writings is there a satisfactorily approximate terminus a quo, and even here approximate means merely within the limit of centuries.

From The Religions of India Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume 1, Edited by Morris Jastrow by Edward Washburn Hopkins

And it was a vital question for them to determine at what point of time, between this terminus a quo and that terminus ad quem miracles came to an end.

From Lectures and Essays by Thomas Henry Huxley

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 Delton Loring Geyer

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