Asterisk

n.

1.

The figure of a star, thus, , used in printing and writing as a reference to a passage or note in the margin, to supply the omission of letters or words, or to mark a word or phrase as having a special character.

Noun	1.	asterisk - a star-shaped character * used in printing Synonyms: star
Verb	1.	asterisk - mark with an asterisk; "Linguists star unacceptable sentences" Synonyms: star

(character)

asterisk - "*" ASCII code 42. Common names include: star; INTERCAL: splat; ITU-T: asterisk. Rare: wild card; gear; dingle; mult; spider; aster; times; twinkle; glob; Nathan Hale. Commonly used as the multiplication operator and as the Kleene star.

mark, star