asterism
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
(mineralogy) a star-shaped figure with six rays that is seen in some crystal structures under reflected or transmitted light
Types & categories
- star hypernym
Related & opposite
- mineralogy domain topic
Sense 2 noun
(astronomy) a cluster of stars (or a small constellation)
Types & categories
- natural object hypernym
- Big Dipper instance hyponym
- Little Dipper instance hyponym
Parts & wholes
- constellation member holonym
Related & opposite
- asterismal derivation
- astronomy domain topic
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | domain topic | Related & opposite | mineralogy |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | star |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | asterismal |
| 2 | domain topic | Related & opposite | astronomy |
| 2 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | constellation |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | natural object |
| 2 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Big Dipper |
| 2 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Little Dipper |