*, a symbol identifying a genetic lineage as a paragroup of a specified haplogroup
Star (game theory), the value given to the game where both players have only the option of moving to the zero game
*, in linguistics, a symbol that prefixes a word or phrase that, in historical linguistics, is a reconstructed form for which no actual examples have been found
Also a hypothetical, deviant, or ungrammatical form
*, a symbol in several astronomical notation nomenclatures for abbreviating star
*, the symbol is used to refer a reader to a footnote
*, the symbol is used to refer a reader to an endnote