terminus ad quem

1. 1.

   final or latest limiting point

   Synonymsterminal pointlimit

   Broaderend

Questions about terminus ad quem

What does terminus ad quem mean?

terminus ad quem means "final or latest limiting point".

What is another word for terminus ad quem?

Close synonyms include terminal point, limit. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is terminus ad quem a common word?

terminus ad quem is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.