terminus ad quem
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of terminus ad quem
literally: the end to which
Example Sentences
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There are two passages which give us the latter year as the terminus ad quem, viz. c.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 2 "Constantine Pavlovich" to "Convention" by Various
Cognition, whenever we take it concretely, means determinate 'ambulation,' through intermediaries, from a terminus a quo to, or towards, a terminus ad quem.
From Meaning of Truth by James, William
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
Secondly, we think that the adversaries acknowledge that the remission of sins is either a part, or the end, or, to speak in their manner, the terminus ad quem of repentance.
From Apology of the Augsburg Confession by Melanchthon, Philipp
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
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