1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Asterisk

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Asterisk

Asterius (of Cappadocia)

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ASTERISK (from Gr. ἀστερίσκος, a little star), the sign * used in typography. The word is also used in its literal meaning in old writers, and as a description of an ornamental form (star-shaped) in one of the utensils in the Greek Church.