Kleene star

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Kleene star

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After Stephen Cole Kleene (1909-1994), American mathematician.

noun Kleene stars

The asterisk, *, used as an operator to concatenate zero or more strings from a given set, widely used in regular expressions.
Similar: Kleene operator

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Français	étoile de Kleene

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Kleene star. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/kleene%20star

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"Kleene star." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/kleene%20star.

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@misc{kleene_star_2026,
  title = {Kleene star},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/kleene%20star},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}