articulus
suomi-englanti sanakirjaarticulus englanniksi
a point connecting various parts of the body; joint, knot, knuckle.
a short clause; a single word; pronoun, pronominal adjective or article
a positive decimal integer consisting of a non-zero digit multiplied by a positive integral power of ten.
1544, Finaeus, ''Arithmetica Practica'', liber I, cap. 1 https://books.google.com/books?id=4iwPAAAAQAAJ&dq=fractiones&pg=PT169v=onepage&q=cifra&f=false
- {{quote|la|Articulus vero dicitur numerus, qui ex decem unitatibus, vel binariis, aut ternariis, aliisve decuplatis consurgit numeris: cuiusmodi sunt decem, viginti, triginta, quadraginta, quinquaginta, centum, mille, et similes numeri in naturali serie articulatim distributi.