STARTING POINT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does starting point mean? 

• STARTING POINT (noun)
  The noun STARTING POINT has 1 sense:

1. earliest limiting point

  Familiarity information: STARTING POINT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STARTING POINT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Earliest limiting point

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

starting point; terminus a quo

Hypernyms ("starting point" is a kind of...):

beginning; commencement; first; get-go; kickoff; offset; outset; showtime; start; starting time (the time at which something is supposed to begin)

 Context examples 

Used to indicate a specified place or time as a starting point; used to indicate a source, cause, agent, or instrument.

(From, NCI Thesaurus)

Once a lead compound has been found, the chemical structure is used as a starting point to make a drug that has the most benefits and the least harms.

(Lead compound, NCI Dictionary)

Specifies whether the result is a starting point to which other results may be compared.

(Performed Observation Result Baseline Indicator, NCI Thesaurus)

Plasmalogens serve as a starting point for the release of arachidonic acid by phospholipase A2 and the synthesis of signaling molecules derived from arachidonic acid such as prostaglandins.

(Plasmalogen Synthesis Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

Intermediates in energy production pathways such as glycolysis and the Kreb's cycle are commonly the starting point for the biosynthesis of amino acids.

(Biosynthesis of Glycine and Serine Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

These molecules represent a promising starting point for studying microbe–host interactions at the level of molecular mechanisms and represent a potentially rich source of therapeutics.

(Human Body Microbes Make Antibiotics, Study Finds, NCCAM)

That's why the pigs — specifically those bred to have an overdose of fatty molecules in their arteries — were an important starting point for the current study.

(New Hope for Stopping An Understudied Heart Disease in Its Tracks, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

A starting point to which things may be compared.

(Baseline, NCI Thesaurus)

Specifies whether the entity is a starting point to which other things may be compared.

(Baseline Indicator, NCI Thesaurus)

The introductory page of a website; its navigational starting point.

(Home Page, NCI Thesaurus)