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* U+002A,* ASTERISK ←) [U+0029] Basic Latin + → [U+002B]

Character variations

⁎ U+204E,⁎ LOW ASTERISK ←⁍ [U+204D] General Punctuation ⁏ → [U+204F]

✱ U+2731,✱ HEAVY ASTERISK ←✰ [U+2730] Dingbats ✲ → [U+2732]

✲ U+2732,✲ OPEN CENTRE ASTERISK ←✱ [U+2731] Dingbats ✳ → [U+2733]

✻ U+273B,✻ TEARDROP-SPOKED ASTERISK ←✺ [U+273A] Dingbats ✼ → [U+273C]

✼ U+273C,✼ OPEN CENTRE TEARDROP-SPOKED ASTERISK ←✻ [U+273B] Dingbats ✽ → [U+273D]

✽ U+273D,✽ HEAVY TEARDROP-SPOKED ASTERISK ←✼ [U+273C] Dingbats ✾ → [U+273E]

❉ U+2749,❉ BALLOON-SPOKED ASTERISK ←❈ [U+2748] Dingbats ❊ → [U+274A]

✢ U+2722,✢ FOUR TEARDROP-SPOKED ASTERISK ←✡ [U+2721] Dingbats ✣ → [U+2723]

✣ U+2723,✣ FOUR BALLOON-SPOKED ASTERISK ←✢ [U+2722] Dingbats ✤ → [U+2724]

✤ U+2724,✤ HEAVY FOUR BALLOON-SPOKED ASTERISK ←✣ [U+2723] Dingbats ✥ → [U+2725]

✥ U+2725,✥ FOUR CLUB-SPOKED ASTERISK ←✤ [U+2724] Dingbats ✦ → [U+2726]

❃ U+2743,❃ HEAVY TEARDROP-SPOKED PINWHEEL ASTERISK ←❂ [U+2742] Dingbats ❄ → [U+2744]

❊ U+274A,❊ EIGHT TEARDROP-SPOKED PROPELLER ASTERISK ←❉ [U+2749] Dingbats ❋ → [U+274B]

❋ U+274B,❋ HEAVY EIGHT TEARDROP-SPOKED PROPELLER ASTERISK ←❊ [U+274A] Dingbats ❌ → [U+274C]

✺ U+273A,✺ SIXTEEN POINTED ASTERISK ←✹ [U+2739] Dingbats ✻ → [U+273B]

＊ U+FF0A,＊ FULLWIDTH ASTERISK ←） [U+FF09] Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms ＋ → [U+FF0B]

﹡ U+FE61,﹡ SMALL ASTERISK ←﹠ [U+FE60] Small Form Variants ﹢ → [U+FE62]

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* (English symbol nameasterisk)

1. (alchemy)Sal ammoniac (6 or 8 point).
2. (astronomy) Astar (5 or 6 point).
3. (Internetslang)Alternative form of* *(“encloses an interpretation”)

   I can't see anything! – Hold on a second…*turns the light on

4. (computing)Used as amultiplication symbol;×.
5. (regular expressions)Used as awildcard todetectzero ormoreoccurrences of theprecedingelement.

   The stringab*c matches “ac”, “abc”, “abbc”, “abbbc”, and so on.

6. (mathematics)
   1. (algebra)Complex ortranspose conjugate;conjugate.
   2. (algebra, computer science)Free monoid orKleene star.

      In the language defined byAB*A, each string starts with an A, ends with a distinct A, and between them has zero or more Bs.

   3. (linear algebra, functional analysis)Dual space.
7. (meteorology)Snow (6 point).
8. (particle physics)Used to designate a resonance.
9. (IPA) a reserved symbol with no set meaning, that needs to be defined by the transcriber. May be used as a letter or as a diacritic.
10. (linguistics)
    2. (descriptive linguistics)Used before a term (such as a word, phrase, or sentence) to show that it isgrammaticallyincorrect, or in some other wayill-formed.

       Coordinate term:**

       English prepositions come before the associated noun: we sayShe lives in Rome, not*She lives Rome in.

       Roots like*bep- were not allowed in Proto-Indo-European.

    3. (historical linguistics)Used before or after a term to denote that it is onlyhypothesized and not actuallyattested.
       2. When used before a term: that the term has beenreconstructed by alinguist, on the basis ofcomparative method or bycomparing other reconstructed terms, as theplausibleancestral form of anexisting,attested term in one or morelanguages.

          Coordinate term:**

          It is posited thatProto-Indo-European*sneygʷʰos is the etymon of both Latinnix and Englishsnow.

          His theory of the Proto-Slavic*kъniga being ultimately derived from Chinese, via the middle form*kūinig, reflecting ancient routes of cultural influx from the East, has not gained a firm ground in the Slavicist circles in the last century.

       3. When used after a term: that the term is actually attested, but not in the specificinflectional form being mentioned (typically thecitation form).

          PIE*ḱonk- yielded Vedicśaṅk-ate “worries, hesitates”, as well as pre-Germanic*kank-, whence also Gothichāhan* “to hang”.

       4. When used before a symbol representing aphoneme: that the phoneme is reconstructed on the basis of comparative method.

          Proto-Germanic had three unvoiced fricatives:*/f/,*/þ/, and*/h/.

       5. When used before a symbol representing a sound value: that the sound value is hypothesized.

          Proto-Germanic had three unvoiced fricatives, possibly representing*[ɸ],*[θ], and*[x].

11. (music)Apointing mark inAnglican chant, which marks a place in thetext where an extrabreath should be taken, resulting in a briefpause.

    Coordinate terms:|,',:,⋅,—,‖,†

• (multiplication symbol):×,x,·

• (antonym(s) of“multiplication symbol”)::,/,÷

• (multiplication symbol):+,-,/,%,^,**

• * *(encloses text for emphasis)
• (astronomy):V*,Cl*
• (multiplication symbol):**
• (wildcard):*.*
• (linguistics):**

*

1. Used tocensor sections ofobscene orprofane words.

   F**k You!

   1. (Internetslang)Used to censor non-offensive words to treat them as insulting or profane.

      T*rks,K*rds

      wh*te "people"

2. Used in adictionary or similar work to indicate across-reference to anotherentry.
   • 2014,The Oxford Dictionary of English Grammar, 2nd edition (in English), Oxford:Oxford University Press,→ISBN,page25:

     analysis The process of breaking up *words,*phrases,*clauses,*sentences,*constructions, etc. into their*constituent parts.

3. Used at the beginning of afootnote, especially if it is the only one on the page, and after a word, phrase, or sentence that this footnote relates to.
4. (by extension)Used at the beginning of aclarifyingstatement ordisclaimer, especially if it is the only one on the page.
   • 2022 August 5, “Monkeypox 2022 U.S. Map & Case Count”, in[United States] Centers for Disease Control and Prevention‎^[1], archived fromthe original on5 August 2022:

     Total confirmed monkeypox/orthopoxvirus cases: 7,102
     *One Florida case is listed here but included in the United Kingdom case counts because the individual was tested while in the UK.

5. (cricket)Used to marks ascore orstatistic that isincomplete, such as the score of abatsman who is (or was)not out.
6. (chiefly computing)Uses especially in computing.
   1. Used as awildcard to denote zero or morecharacters.

      trans* ―transgender ortranssexual

   2. (Internet)Used to indicate afield of aform that must befilled out.
   3. (software)Placed after a filename to indicate that the file's contents have been modified but not saved.
   4. (Internetslang)Used before or after a word to show a correction has been made, chiefly by the same participant.

      I'm our of time. /*out

7. (genealogy)Used before a date to denote that it is abirthdate.
8. Used to indicateemphasis, see* *.
9. Used to form adinkus, * * *, orasterism,⁂.

• The English names of the mark areasterisk andstar.
• In Internet slang, when two or more corrections are made, one may add a * with each correction.

  I just got back from Sarcamento /*Sacarmento /**Sacramento

• (in censoring):■,—
• (footnote):†,‡,§,‖,¶
• (as wildcard):%
• (genealogy):°

• (antonym(s) of“genealogy”):† /✝ /+(French)

• (beginning a footnote):†,‡,**, [numbers]
• (as wildcard):?
• (genealogy):⚭ /✕,⚮,⚵(German)
• (grammatically incorrect):?

*

1. (Should wedelete⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)(text messaging)Star.

   ur a*! ―You’re astar!

2. (text messaging)Used to replace the sounds/stɑː(ɹ)/ (star) in any word that has this pronunciation or similar.

   *t ―start

   *fish ―starfish

   *g8 ―stargate

3. (text messaging)Used to replace censor profanities.

   f**k ―fuck

   sh*t ―shit

4. (Should wedelete⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)(astronomy)＊: Astar (also✶ or⚹).

*

1. (nonstandard) theGendersternchen;Used to separatemultiplegenderedinflections ingender-neutral writing.

   Freund*innen; ein*eBeamt*er*in;Witwe*r

   friends (of any gender); an officer (of any gender); widower (of any gender)

   • 2020 February 23, Alexander Diehl, “Hamburger Küche: Aal kann – muss aber nicht”, inDie Tageszeitung: taz‎^[2],→ISSN:

     Aber genauer besehen sind sie in Hamburg ja Lutheraner*innen, und Luther war das Leibliche so fern nun wieder nicht.

     But on closer inspection, those in Hamburg are in fact Lutherans[of all genders], and the bodily was not so distant from Luther after all.

• In speech either expanded (Spieler*in →Spieler oder Spielerin), or realized with aglottal stop/ˈʃpiːləʁʔɪn/.
• Issues can arise with some forms, compare:
  • Freunde m pl,Freundinnen f pl →Freund*innen, where thee of the masculine term is dropped and it's notFreunde*innen
  • Arzt m,Ärztin f →Ärzt*in, where the umlaut-lessA is not present
  • einAbgeordneter m,eine Abgeordnete f →ein*e Abgeordnete*r, where the feminine-likeein*e occurs together with the masculine-likeAbgeordnete*r

• :(as inFreund:innen; nonstandard, rare)
• _(as inFreund_innen; nonstandard)
• /(as inFreund/innen; nonstandard, proscribed)
• /-(as inMitarbeiter/-innen)
• ()(as inMitarbeiter(innen))
• (m/w/d)(as inMitarbeiter (m/w/d))
• capitalI in-in(“feminine suffix”)(as inFreundInnen; nonstandard, proscribed)

"gender-neutral", butbinary only:

• und(as inFreunde und Freundinnen)
• männlichundweiblich(as inmännliche und weibliche Freunde)
• beiderleiGeschlechts(as inFreunde beiderlei Geschlechts)
• (m/w)(as inFreund (m/w))

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