asterisk

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A small star; also (by extension), something resembling or shaped like a star.

   “Add one Ray unto the common Luſtre; add not only to the Number but the Note of thy Generation; and prove not a Cloud but an Aſteriſk in thy Region.”

2. isim The star-shaped symbol *, which is used in printing and writing for various purposes, including to refer a reader to a note at the bottom of a page or in a margin, and to indicate the omission of letters or words; a star.

   “He is in the right to put the Aſteriſks, not the VVords into the text; becauſe They do indeed give us [notice, that there is in Them] as much additional meaning, as there vvould be in thoſe vvords vvhich they ſo properly repreſent.”

3. isim Something resembling or shaped like an asterisk symbol.

   “Using a crafting knife, cut a small asterisk shape in the center of each black circle. Gently pierce each asterisk with a wooden skewer to make a hole. Once done, simply insert your stove knobs, and you're almost ready!”

4. isim Something which is of little importance or which is marginal; a footnote.

   “I don't want to be an asterisk in my kids' lives. I don't want to be just some guy who sporadically appears and then disappears again.”

5. isim A blemish in an otherwise outstanding achievement.

   “They came into the tournament highly ranked, but with a little bit of an asterisk as their last two wins had been unconvincing.”

6. isim An instrument with radiating arms resembling a star which is placed over the diskos (or paten) used during the Eucharist to prevent the veil covering the chalice and diskos from touching the host on the diskos.

   “Then he [the deacon] reverently covereth the holy Cup with the veil. Likewise he placeth the Asterisk upon the holy Diskos, and the veil over it, and saith the following prayer with the Priest, silently, […]”

7. fiil To mark or replace (text, etc.) with an asterisk symbol (*; noun sense 1.1); to star.

   “She was determined to make the most of the trip, extracting some cultural capital from the emotional waste, and so read carefully through the Venice guidebooks she had brought, underlining the must-dos and asterisking the should-dos.”