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	Asterism \| English \| Dictionary & Translation by Babylon
		Asterism Constellations in general, but more specifically applied to the divisions in the zodiac, which in ancient thought were believed to hold special significance.
		Also applied to the lunar mansions or divisions of the ecliptic, each being 13 1/2 degrees or 1/27 of 360 degrees, representing approximately the average daily progress of the moon in ecliptic longitude.
		The original number of lunar asterisms is said to have been 27, but another was added, represented on the lunar zodiac by a smaller division.
	www.babylon.com /definition/Asterism/English (232 words)

	Asterism (typography) Information
		In typography, an asterism is a rare symbol consisting of three asterisks placed in a triangle, used to call attention to a passage or to separate sub-chapters in a book.
		An asterism or its analogue may be used in conjunction with the extra space to mark a smaller subdivision than a subchapter.
		It should not be confused with ∴ (Unicode character U+2234), which is made of three dots.
	www.bookrags.com /wiki/Asterism_(typography) (130 words)

	world > asterism
		In astronomy, an asterism is a pattern of stars seen in Earth's sky which is not an official constellation.
		In typography, an asterism is a rarely used symbol consisting of three asterisks placed in a triangle, used to call attention to a passage or to separate sub-chapters in a book.
		Asterism - Effect exhibited on some minerals (usually only in polished cabochons) causing it to reflect a billowy, star-like formation of concentrated light which moves around when the mineral is...
	www.zennow.org.tw /world/asterism.cgi (230 words)

	Asterism (typography) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In typography, an asterism is a rarely used symbol consisting of three asterisks placed in a triangle, used to call attention to a passage or to separate sub-chapters in a book.
		Often, this symbol is replaced with three, sometimes more, consecutive asterisks or dots.
		An asterism or its analogue may be used in conjunction with the extra space to mark a smaller subdivision than a subchapter.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Asterism_(typography) (146 words)

	asterism - OneLook Dictionary Search
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		asterism : Compact Oxford English Dictionary [home, info]
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	miscoranda - What a Character (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		In astronomical terms, an asterism is a group of stars which is not a constellation (from Greek, asterismos).
		In typography it is a character that uses three stars as its glyph, and is used to draw attention to a piece of text; to mark it as important.
		Together with the asterism, and U+2606 (White Star), this character can be used to form a representation of the night sky.
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	What's the name of the asterisks that divide chapters? \| Ask MetaFilter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		I think asterism is what you're looking for.
		I'm probably wrong, but the poster did ask for the name of "the row of asterisks that divides a chapter", and asterism seems close.
		So it seems as if you could call the row of asterisks a bastardized asterism of sorts.
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	asterisk Information Center - orange range asterisk
		In fine mathematical typography the Unicode character windows 98 asterisk U+2217 (∗) "math asterisk" is available (HTML entity andlowast;).
		It should be used in fine typography for a large asterisk at home download asterisk that asterisk revealer lines up with the asterisk orange range asterisk msn other mathematical operators.
		A group of three asterisks arranged asterisk asterisk least cost routing by orange range mp3 asterisk printers orange range - asterisk in a triangular formation is called an asterism.
	www.scipeeps.com /Sci-Linguistic_Topics_A_-_Co/asterisk.html (1148 words)

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		Aquamarines are usually faceted but when they are cabochon cut, a cat's eye effect or asterism may appear.
		The influence of the Art Nouveau style was still evident in some typography and the use of naturel' motifs.
		This stone is sometimes enhanced by irradiation (this process improves the color and accentuates the stone's asterism).
	www.jewelryreserve.com /retaileducationAtoF.cfm (3302 words)

	Asterisk
		In cricket, it signifies a total number of runs scored by a batsman without losing his wicket, e.g.
		In the GCSE examination, A* is a special top grade that is distinguised from grade A. In fine mathematical typography the Unicode character U+2217 (∗) "math asterisk" is available.
		A group of three asterisks arranged in a trianglular formation is called an asterism.
	www.knowledgefun.com /book/a/as/asterisk.html (433 words)

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		In gemmology, it is an optical phenomenon; see asterism (gemmology)
		In typography, it refers to a symbol; see asterism (typography) fr:Astérisme it:Asterismo
		Bryan Derksen --- The Orion's belt is just part of Orion -he has a belt, a sword, a bow, couple of arms.
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		In fine mathematical typography the Unicodecharacter U+2217 (∗) "math asterisk" is available (HTML entity andlowast;).
		It should be used in fine typography for a large asterisk that lines up with the other mathematical operators.
		A group of three asterisks arranged in a triangular formation is called an asterism.
	www.lumrix.com /medical/immunology/*.html (1196 words)

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		Edit variants other languages and history opening and closing question marks some languages, such spanish and galician, typography since the 18th century has required opening and closing question marks interrogative sentence phrase begins with inverted question mark and ends with the question mark.
		These are not considered spaces instead, this simply form kerning used make the text less cramped and thus easier read., uncommon typography asterism lozenge interrobang irony mark reference mark sarcasm mark redirects here.
		With longer sentences, using the punctuation indicates that question has started., uncommon typography asterism lozenge interrobang irony mark reference mark sarcasm mark the inverted question mark and inverted exclamation point spanish are used begin interrogative and exclamatory sentences, respectively.
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	Dagger (typography) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
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		Additional footnotes are somewhat inconsistent and represented by a variety of symbols, some of which are non-existent in early modern typography.
		Partly due to this, in modern literature, superscript numerals are used in the place of pictorial symbols.
	www.abcworld.net /Dagger_(typography).html (306 words)

	Wikidpedia - The free online encyclopedia - Asterism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
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		Asterix And Obelix Take On Caesar (1999) [2000]
		On the Views of Biot and Weber Respecting the Relations of the Hindu and Chinese Systems of Asterisms
	www.pagerank10.co.uk /wiki/?title=Asterism (42 words)

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