asterism: Meaning and Definition of

as•ter•ism

1. a group of stars.
2. a constellation.
2. a property of some crystallized minerals of showing a starlike luminous figure in transmitted light or, in a cabochon-cut stone, by reflected light.
3. three asterisks (&astlowastast; or &lowastastlowast;) printed to draw attention to a passage it precedes.