单词	terminus ante quem
释义	terminus ante quem /ˌantɪ ˈkwɛm / noun The latest possible date for something: 1467 represents a terminus ante quem for the death of Fahreddin Acemi... This should provide a date of c.70 B.C. as a terminus ante quem non for this occupation layer. In fact, the chapter's conclusion only states a terminus a quo with any conviction, while his earlier confidence regarding a terminus ante quem seems to disappear unexplainably. This may well mark the arrival of the first copies for sale in America, and thus give a terminus ante quem for the publication of the completed set. Origin Latin, literally 'end before which'.
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