different between asterisc vs asterism

English

Noun

asterisc (plural asteriscs)

1. (chiefly archaic) Alternative form of asterisk

Anagrams

• Castries, scariest

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin asteriscus, from Ancient Greek ?????????? (asterískos).

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /?s.t???isk/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /as.te??isk/

Noun

asterisc m (plural asteriscs or asteriscos)

1. asterisk (the symbol *)

Further reading

• “asterisc” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “asterisc” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “asterisc” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “asterisc” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Romanian

Etymology

From French astérisque

Noun

asterisc n (plural asteriscuri)

1. asterisk

Declension

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????????? (asterismós, “group of stars”), from ????? (ast?r, “star”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?ast???z?m/

Noun

asterism (plural asterisms)

1. (astronomy) An unofficial constellation (small group of stars that forms a visible pattern).

   The Big Dipper, Summer Triangle, and Orion's Belt are asterisms.

   • 1825, Geo G. Carey, Astronomy, as it is known at the present day, London, p. 66 f.:

     Of the constellations, or asterisms. [...] It therefore became necessary to adopt a more general method of distinguishing them. This was accomplished by portioning out the heavens into imaginary figures, of men, birds, fishes, &c. called Constellations or Asterisms.
2. A rarely used typographical symbol (?, three asterisks arranged in a triangle), used to call attention to a passage or to separate subchapters in a book.
3. (mineralogy) A star-shaped figure exhibited by some crystals by reflected light (as in a star sapphire) or by transmitted light (as in some mica).

Related terms

• aster
• asterisk
• asteroid

Translations

See also

• syzygy

Anagrams

• Reitsmas, Ritsemas, St. Maries, maisters, maistres, misrates, semistar, smarties