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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024as•ter•ism (as′tə riz′əm),USA pronunciation n. - [Astron.]
- a group of stars.
- a constellation.
- [Mineral.]a property of some crystallized minerals of showing a starlike luminous figure in transmitted light or, in a cabochon-cut stone, by reflected light.
- three asterisks (*∗* or ⁂) printed to draw attention to a passage it precedes.
- Greek asterism(ós) a marking with stars. See asterisk, -ism
- 1590–1600
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