POINT OF DEPARTURE
\pˈɔ͡ɪnt ɒv dɪpˈɑːt͡ʃə], \pˈɔɪnt ɒv dɪpˈɑːtʃə], \p_ˈɔɪ_n_t ɒ_v d_ɪ_p_ˈɑː_tʃ_ə]\
Sort: Oldest first
-
a beginning from which an enterprise is launched; "he uses other people's ideas as a springboard for his own"; "reality provides the jumping-off point for his illusions".
-
a place from which an enterprise or expedition is launched; "one day when I was at a suitable jumping-off place I decided to see if I could find him"; "my point of departure was San Francisco"
By Princeton University
Word of the day
Platidiam
- An inorganic water-soluble platinum complex. After undergoing hydrolysis, it reacts DNA produce both intra interstrand crosslinks. These crosslinks appear to impair replication and transcription of DNA. The cytotoxicity cisplatin correlates with cellular arrest in G2 phase cell cycle.