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terminus a quo

noun

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin terminus a quo (literally, "the limit from which").

  1. derived from terminus a quo — “the limit from which”

Definitions

  1. The lower limit of dating, as of the earliest plausible date at which a fact could have…

    The lower limit of dating, as of the earliest plausible date at which a fact could have occurred or a document could have been written.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for terminus a quo. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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