单词 | terminus |
释义 | terminus n. (pl. termini or terminuses)   1. a station at the end of a railway or bus route.   2. a point at the end of a pipeline etc.   3. a final point, a goal.   4. a starting-point.   5. Math. the end-point of a vector etc.   6. Archit. a figure of a human bust or an animal ending in a square pillar from which it appears to spring, orig. as a boundary-marker. Phrases and idioms terminus ad quem the finishing-point of an argument, policy, period, etc. terminus ante quem the finishing-point of a period. terminus a quo the starting-point of an argument, policy, period, etc. terminus post quem the starting-point of a period. Etymology: L, = end, limit, boundary |
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