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Definition of Icon
1. Noun. (computer science) a graphic symbol (usually a simple picture) that denotes a program or a command or a data file or a concept in a graphical user interface.
Group relationships: Graphical User Interface, Gui
Generic synonyms: Symbol
Derivative terms: Iconic
2. Noun. A visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface. "A movie is a series of images projected so rapidly that the eye integrates them"
Specialized synonyms: Bitmap, Electronic Image, Chiaroscuro, Collage, Montage, Foil, Transparency, Computer Graphic, Graphic, Iconography, Inset, Likeness, Semblance, Cyclorama, Diorama, Panorama, Reflection, Reflexion, Cat Scan, Scan, Echogram, Sonogram
Generic synonyms: Representation
Derivative terms: Iconic, Image, Depict, Pictural, Picture
3. Noun. A conventional religious painting in oil on a small wooden panel; venerated in the Eastern Church.
Definition of Icon
1. n. An image or representation; a portrait or pretended portrait.
2. n. A sacred picture representing the Virgin Mary, Christ, a saint, or a martyr, and having the same function as an image of such a person in the Latin Church.
Definition of Icon
1. Noun. An image, symbol, picture, or other representation usually as an object of religious devotion. ¹
2. Noun. A religious painting, often done on wooden panels. ¹
3. Noun. A person or thing that is the best example of a certain profession or some doing. ¹
4. Noun. A small picture which represents something (such as an icon on a computer screen which when clicked performs some function.) ¹
5. Noun. (linguistics): A type of noun whereby the form reflects and is determined by the referent; onomatopoeic words are necessarily all icons. See also symbol and index. ¹
6. Noun. Pictual representations of files, programs and folders on a computer. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Icon
1. a representation [n -S or -ES] : ICONIC, ICONICAL [adj] - See also: representation
Lexicographical Neighbors of Icon
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