Thesaurus: asterisk
The figure of a star, thus, /, used in printing and writing as a reference to a passage or note in the margin, to supply the omission of letters or words, or to mark a word or phrase as having a special character.
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Definitions
- n. The word/figure">figure of a word/star">star, thus, /, used in printing and writing as a reference to a passage or note in the margin, to supply the omission of letters or words, or to mark a word or phrase as having a special character.
- n. a star-shaped character * used in printing
- v. mark with an asterisk
- The figure of a star, thus,
- n:100 n. a star-shaped character * used in printing