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ter⋅mi⋅nus a quo

  [ter-mi-noos ah kwoh; Eng. tur-muh-nuhs ey kwoh]
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Latin.
the end from which; beginning; starting point; earliest limiting point.
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ter·mi·nus a quo   (těr'mĭ-nŏŏs' ä kwō', tûr'mə-nəs ā)   
n.  

  1. A starting point or origin.

  2. A first point in time: The terminus a quo for the Middle Ages is often considered the fall of Rome in 476.


[Latin terminus ā quō, limit from which.]
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