English Dictionary

terminus ad quem

名詞

the latest possible date of a non-punctual event (period, era, etc.) / an objective or goal

日本語の意味

非厳密な事象（期間・時代など）の最新可能な日時 / 目的、目標

Archaeologists established the terminus ad quem for the pottery style at around 1500 CE based on the latest datable coins found in the layer.

考古学者たちは、層から発見された最も新しく年代測定可能な貨幣に基づき、その陶器様式の最も遅い可能な日付を紀元1500年頃と特定した。

意味（1）

the latest possible date of a non-punctual event (period, era, etc.)

意味（2）

an objective or goal

What I do regret is the non-intelligent and almost superstitious way in which baptism is still regarded by many of our people. They think of it too much as a mere terminus ad quem which should call forth their energies up till the time it is obtained, and then leaves them waiting to see what sort of substantial worldly good may afterwards come along.

termini ad quos （ plural ）