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/stˈɑrtɪŋ pɔɪnt/ Listen

noun

Starting n. A. & n. from Start, v.

Starting bar (Steam Eng.), a hand lever for working the valves in starting an engine.

Starting hole, a loophole; evasion. (Obs.)

Starting point, the point from which motion begins, or from which anything starts.

Starting post, a post, stake, barrier, or place from which competitors in a race start, or begin the race.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Starting point" Quotes from Famous Books

... IN FLYING Certain Conditions in Flying. Heat in Air. Motion When in Flight. Changing Atmosphere. "Ascending Currents." "Aspirate Currents." Outstretched Wings. The Starting Point. The Vital Part of the Machine. Studying the Action of the Machine. Elevating the Machine. How to Practice. The First Stage. Patience the Most Difficult Thing. The Second Stage. The Third Stage. Observations While in Flight. Flying in a Wind. First Trials in a Quiet Atmosphere. Making ...

— Aeroplanes • J. S. Zerbe***

... there is no reason why we should postpone its application till we find ourselves in another world, and the best place and time to begin are Here and Now. The starting point is not in time or locality, but in the mode of Thought; and if we realize that this Point of Origination is Spirit's power to produce something out of nothing, and that it does this in accordance with the natural order of substance of the particular world in which it is working, then ...

— The Creative Process in the Individual • Thomas Troward

... home to the mind, without any comfortable illusive softenings of the stark reality, of what life really implies in its trenchant outlines. To do this with the more complete efficacy, he goes back to Montaigne and uses the scepticism of Montaigne as his starting point. ...

— Suspended Judgments - Essays on Books and Sensations • John Cowper Powys

... purpose to develop an adequate idea of art, it might seem as if a definition were rather our goal than our starting point; yet we must identify the field of our investigations and mark it off from other regions; and this we can do only by means of a preliminary definition, which the rest of our study may ...

— The Principles Of Aesthetics • Dewitt H. Parker

... invoke "the power of the imagination" is merely to substitute a word where an explanation is needed. Fortunately, we do not need to penetrate into the inmost part of this mystery. It is enough for us to make sure of the facts, to prove that they have a representation as the starting point, and to show that the representation by itself is not enough. What more then is needed? Let us note first of all that these occurrences are rare. It is not within the power of everybody to acquire stigmata or to become cured of a paralysis pronounced incurable. This happens only ...

— Essay on the Creative Imagination • Th. Ribot

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