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What is the noun for asterisms?

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asterism
  1. (astronomy) A constellation.
  2. (astronomy) A small group of stars that forms a visible pattern but is not an official constellation.
  3. A rarely used typographical symbol (⁂, three asterisks arranged in a triangle), used to call attention to a passage or to separate subchapters in a book.
  4. (mineralogy) A star-shaped figure exhibited by some crystals by reflected light (as in a star sapphire) or by transmitted light (as in some mica).
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  6. Examples:
    1. “The Little Dipper is not a constellation itself, but an asterism, which is a distinctive group of stars.”
      “If the favourable asterism is in its ascendancy and if it alone exerts an influence over the new-born, then its good influence will increase.”
      “Along with Vega and Altair, Deneb is one of the stars of the prominent asterism, the Summer Triangle.”
asterisk
  1. Symbol (*).
  2. (sports, US) A blemish in an otherwise outstanding achievement.
  3. (biology) Alternate of Asteriscus.
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  5. Examples:
    1. “Adding an asterisk at the end of their message indicated that further details could be found in the footnotes section.”
asterisc
  1. (chiefly archaic) Alternative form of asterisk
asterisks
asteriscs
  1. plural of asterisc
asterisms
  1. plural of asterism
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Orion and the Great Bear are two of the most prominent asterisms visible from the northern hemisphere.”
      “Two of the most famous asterisms in astronomy, the Big and Little Dippers hover above the pine trees at Carranza Field in the New Jersey Wharton State Forest.”
      “In order to obtain more convenient intervals, the Egyptians subdivided each of their asterisms into three parts, or decans.”
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