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.

Category relationships: Computer Science, Computing
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"

3. Noun. A conventional religious painting in oil on a small wooden panel; venerated in the Eastern Church.
Exact synonyms: Ikon
Generic synonyms: Painting, Picture
Derivative terms: Iconic

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

icings
ick
ick factor
ick factors
icker
ickers
ickier
ickiest
ickily
ickiness
ickinesses
ickle
ickles
icklest
icky
icon (current term)
iconclastic
icones
iconic
iconic plate
iconic signs
iconical
iconically
iconicities
iconicity
iconification
iconified
iconifies
iconify
iconifying

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