1. (mineralogy) a star-shaped figure with six rays that is seen in some crystal structures under reflected or transmitted light 
2. (astronomy) a cluster of stars (or a small constellation)

Derived forms: asterisms

See also: asteriated, asterismal

Type of: natural object, star

Part of: constellation

Encyclopedia: Asterism

• sheetlike
• Sheetrock
• Sheffield
• shegetz
• sheik
• sheika
• sheikdom
• sheikh
• sheikha
• sheikhdom
• sheila
• shekel
• shekels
• Shekinah
• Shel Silverstein
• Shelby Silverstein
• sheldrake
• shelduck
• shelf
• shelf bracket
• shelf fungus
• shelf ice
• shelf life
• shelfful
• shelflike