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The asterisk (/ ˈ æ s t ər ɪ s k / *), from Late Latin asteriscus, from Ancient Greek ἀστερίσκος, asteriskos, "little star", [1] [2] is a typographical symbol. It is so called because it resembles a conventional image of a heraldic star.
Asterisk, Dagger: Footnote ¤ Scarab (non-Unicode name) ('Scarab' is an informal name for the generic currency sign) § Section sign: section symbol, section mark, double-s, 'silcrow' Pilcrow; Semicolon: Colon ℠ Service mark symbol: Trademark symbol / Slash (non-Unicode name) Division sign, Forward Slash: also known as "stroke" / Solidus
The latter example also restarts the list's numbering. When writing two consecutive unbulleted paragraphs, prefixing both with the same number of colons avoids the worst issues, but risks confusing people that a new person's message has begun.
Corner quotes, also called “Quine quotes”; for quasi-quotation, i.e. quoting specific context of unspecified (“variable”) expressions; [4] also used for denoting Gödel number; [5] for example “⌜G⌝” denotes the Gödel number of G. (Typographical note: although the quotes appears as a “pair” in unicode (231C and 231D), they ...
This template produces an asterisk for times when typing an asterisk directly would create an unordered list item. Note: Not the same as {{ * }} , which produces an inline bullet ( • ). Usage
The 1949 edition of the IPA handbook indicated that an asterisk * might be prefixed to indicate that a word was a proper name, [50] but this convention was not included in the 1999 Handbook, which notes the contrary use of the asterisk as a placeholder for a sound or feature that does not have a symbol. [51]
Code point Notes asterisk operator ∗: U+2217: May be used for the telephone star key: Star of David: : U+2721 six-pointed black star U+2736 Slavonic asterisk ꙳ U+A673 six-pointed star with middle dot/hexagram: 🔯: U+1F52F Vai full stop ꘎ U+A60E full width asterisk ＊ U+FF0A Six spoke asterisk, various weights ...
The mark which you are to notice in this lesson is of this shape ? You see it is made by placing a little crooked mark over a period.... The name of this mark is the Question Mark, because it is always put after a question. Sometimes it is called by a longer and harder name. The long and hard name is the Interrogation Point.