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Definition of: asterism
(as′tə·riz′əm) noun
1. Printing a A group of asterisks (***, ****). b A group of three asterisks set in front of a passage in the form of a triangle to call attention to it.
2. Astron. a A cluster of stars. b A constellation.
3. Mineral. The property of some crystals of showing a starlike figure by reflected or transmitted light.
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