asterism
Meaning of asterism
noun
- (constellation) An unofficial constellation (small group of stars that forms a visible pattern).
The Big Dipper, Summer Triangle, and Orion's Belt are asterisms.
- 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.
- A star-shaped figure exhibited by some crystals by reflected light (as in a star sapphire) or by transmitted light (as in some mica).
Information about asterism
- It is a name.
- The plural form of asterism is: asterisms.
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Hyphenation of asterism
as-ter-ism
- It consists of 3 syllables and 8 chars.
- asterism is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
Translation of asterism
Anagrams of asterism
maisters, misrates, semitars, smarties
Words that rhyme with asterism
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