A starting point; a point of origin; an initial impulse, a motive. Frequently contrasted with terminus ad quem, n. 1.
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| 释义 | the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > beginning > [noun] > starting-point (22) terminus a quo1549 A starting point; a point of origin; an initial impulse, a motive. Frequently contrasted with terminus ad quem, n. 1. starting place1570 the place in or from which a person or thing starts (in various senses); a starting point; (in later use sometimes spec.) the place occupied by a… terma1628 That to which movement or action is directed or tends; an object, an end, a goal. Occasionally also: a starting point, an origin. Now somewhat rare. salient motion1664 Similarly, †salient motion. salient pointa1682 salient point: in old medical use, the heart as it first appears in an embryo (cf. quot. 1706); hence, the first beginning of life or motion; the… punctum saliens1695 figurative. A starting point; a source or origin of life or activity. In later use also: the heart of a matter, the central or most important point… starting point1782 the point from which a person or thing starts; a point of departure in a journey, argument, narration, development, etc. Adam and Eve1793 A starting point, an origin; a set of progenitors, ancestors, or forebears. starting ground1802 (a) a basis from which something (e.g. a sequence of events or an argument) starts; (b) the place where those taking part in a race, hunt, etc… point of departure1804 the starting point of a journey, etc.; (now chiefly figurative) the starting point of a line of thought or course of action; also attributive (as poi… baseline1836 A minimum or starting point used for comparisons or development of thought. point de départ1848 = point of departure n. at point, n.1 phrases 2c; frequently figurative. zero1849 The initial point of a process or sequence of events; the starting point, the absolute beginning; (Military) the time or day when an attack or… start point1860 = starting point n. at starting, n. compounds 4. jumping-board1878 a spring-board; also figurative. jumping-off board1914 = jumping-board n. jumping-off point1927 starting block1932 In figurative contexts, with reference to the start of any enterprise, activity, etc. square one1952 square one: the beginning, the starting-point. Frequently as back to (also in, on) square one. Subcategories:— from which progress may be made (3) |
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