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Asterisk   /ˈæstərɪsk/   Listen
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Asterisk  n.  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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... Eteromekes [text unchanged: correct form is "Heteromekes"] to hoti [Greek printed with incorrect accent] in our worldly affaires [wordly] fall to worke.[[*]]. [In this place only, the text has an oversized asterisk symbol.] Emptying the first. [Emptyting] Apo taute:s te:s he:meras, peri pantos, Archime:dei legonti pisteuteon [he:me:ras ... pisteuteom] of the suddeyne [snddeyne] that the right and absolute way may be had [he had] Georgic I: [The ...
— The Mathematicall Praeface to Elements of Geometrie of Euclid of Megara • John Dee

... control the translation by means of the foot-notes which indicate the sources and distinguish the accretions from the basic text. The numerous passages in which Eg. 1782 agrees with LU. and YBL. have not all been marked. The asterisk shows the beginning of each fresh page in the lithographic facsimile of LL., and the numbers following "W" in the upper left hand margin show the corresponding lines in the edition of the Irish text ...
— The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Tain Bo Cualnge • Unknown

... except for the hypothetical forms (marked with an asterisk), which are themselves generalised classificatory groups, the ancestral forms belong to long-recognised classes. The whole course of the evolution follows well-worn systematic lines. This is typical of Haeckel's ...
— Form and Function - A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology • E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell

... might have been done. The capital letters stand for the husbands, and the small letters for their respective wives. The position of affairs is shown at the start, and after each crossing between the left bank and the right, and the boat is represented by the asterisk. So you can see at a glance that a, b, and c went over at the first crossing, that b and c returned at the second crossing, and ...
— Amusements in Mathematics • Henry Ernest Dudeney

... the celebration of the holy eucharist requires three things which are not used in the western church. These are the knife or spear, the star or asterisk, and the spoon for the administration of the chalice as the sacrament is received by the laity under both kinds. It may naturally be supposed that such sacred objects would be the subjects of high artistic workmanship. The paten itself is often elaborately enamelled ...
— Russia - As Seen and Described by Famous Writers • Various


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