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noun

Asterism n.

(Astron.)

(a)

A constellation. (Obs.)

(b)

A small cluster of stars.

(Printing)

(a)

An asterisk, or mark of reference. (R.)

(b)

Three asterisks to direct attention to a particular passage.

(Crystallog.) An optical property of some crystals which exhibit a star-shaped by reflected light, as star sapphire, or by transmitted light, as some mica.

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Etymology of 'Asterism'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Asterism" Quotes from Famous Books

... constellations, of which the lucida is Ras-al-ague, one of the selected nautical objects at Greenwich. This asterism is sometimes called Serpentarius, its Latin name, ...

— The Sailor's Word-Book • William Henry Smyth

Words linked to "Asterism" : constellation, mineralogy, uranology, natural object, plough, wain, asterismal, Charles's Wain, astronomy, star, wagon, Little Dipper