Both Uses
obelisk
in
All the Bright Places, by Niven
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- Obelisk.†
p. 91.9
- But instead I say, "Obelisk?"†
p. 91.9 *
Definitions:
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(1)
(obelisk) a stone pillar with a pyramidal top erected as a monument to remember a person or event
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(meaning too rare to warrant focus) More rarely, obelisk references a character used in printing to indicate a cross reference or footnote. The character looks a little like a dagger or cross. (See Wikipedia - Obelisk (typography) for pictures.)