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How to pronounce “asterism”
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Pronunciation guide for asterism
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- Practice the English pronunciation of asterism with real speech in context.
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- Losing the Nobel Prize
But this little asterism, does anyone
- Definition summary
- (astronomy) An unofficial constellation (small group of stars that forms a visible pattern).
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How to pronounce asterism
Losing the Nobel Prize
But this little asterism, does anyone
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A Deep Dive Into “asterism”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- (astronomy) An unofficial constellation (small group of stars that forms a visible pattern).
- A rarely used typographical symbol of three asterisks arranged in a triangle, ⁂, used to call attention to a passage or to separate subchapters in a book. Distinct from a dinkus which also uses asterisks to separate.
- (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).
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