in grammar, is applied to an article that has a precise determinate signification; such as the article the in English, le and la in French, &c. which fix and ascertain the noun they belong to, to some particular, as the king, le roy; whereas in the quality of king, de roy, the articles of and de mark nothing precise, and are therefore indefinite.

**DEFINITION**, an idea of any science, subject, &c. conveyed in a few words.