terminus post quem

短语

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The earliest possible date for an event.

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    The latest date on a coin in a hoard of objects is the earliest possible date of its deposit: the terminus post quem of its deposit.

词源

From Latin terminus post quem non licet (“the point after which is not allowed”).

来源:wiktionary