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i·kon
(ī′kŏn′)n.
Variant of icon..
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ikon
(ˈaɪkɒn)n
a variant spelling of icon
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i•con
(ˈaɪ kɒn)n.
1. a picture, image, or other representation.
2. an image of Christ, a saint, etc., usu. painted on a wooden panel or done in mosaics and venerated as sacred in the Eastern Church.
3. a sign or representation that stands for something by virtue of a resemblance or analogy to it; symbol: an icon of womanhood.
4. a person or thing that is revered or idolized: a pop icon.
5. a small graphic image on a computer screen representing a disk drive, a file, or a software command, as a wastebasket that can be used to delete a file.
[1565–75; < Latin < Greek eikṓn likeness, image, figure]
i•con′ic, adj.
i•con′i•cal•ly, adv.
i•co•nic•i•ty (ˌaɪ kəˈnɪs ɪ ti) n.
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| Noun | 1. | ikon - a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface; "they showed us the pictures of their wedding"; "a movie is a series of images projected so rapidly that the eye integrates them"bitmap, electronic image - an image represented as a two dimensional array of brightness values for pixels chiaroscuro - a monochrome picture made by using several different shades of the same color collage, montage - a paste-up made by sticking together pieces of paper or photographs to form an artistic image; "he used his computer to make a collage of pictures superimposed on a map" transparency, foil - picture consisting of a positive photograph or drawing on a transparent base; viewed with a projector computer graphic, graphic - an image that is generated by a computer iconography - the images and symbolic representations that are traditionally associated with a person or a subject; "religious iconography"; "the propagandistic iconography of a despot" inset - a small picture inserted within the bounds or a larger one reflection, reflexion - the image of something as reflected by a mirror (or other reflective material); "he studied his reflection in the mirror" representation - a creation that is a visual or tangible rendering of someone or something |
| 2. | ikon - a conventional religious painting in oil on a small wooden panel; venerated in the Eastern Church |
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Translations
أيْقونَه ، علامة على شاشَة الكومبيوترأيْقونَه، صورَة قِدّيس
helgimynd, íkon
ikona
icon,
ikon
(ˈaikoun) noun1. (also ikon) especially in the Orthodox Churches, a painting etc of Christ or a saint.
2. a small graphic sign on a computer screen representing an application that the user can choose.
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ikon - a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface; "they showed us the pictures of their wedding"; "a movie is a series of images projected so rapidly that the eye integrates them"