ASTERISM as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • (astronomy) a cluster of stars (or a small constellation)
   Hypernyms(s) asterism is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • natural object (what does natural object mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • Big Dipper (what does Big Dipper mean?)
   • Dipper (what does Dipper mean?)
   • Plough (what does Plough mean?)
   • Charles’s Wain (what does Charles’s Wain mean?)
   • Wain (what does Wain mean?)
   • Wagon (what does Wagon mean?)
   • Little Dipper (what does Little Dipper mean?)
   • Dipper (what does Dipper mean?)
2. Meaning
   • (mineralogy) a six-rayed star-shaped figure seen in some crystal structures under reflected or transmitted light
   Hypernyms(s) asterism is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • star (what does star mean?)