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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

I'CON, n. [Gr. an image, to resemble.] An image or representation. [Not in use.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: (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
2: 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" [syn: picture, image, icon, ikon]
3: a conventional religious painting in oil on a small wooden panel; venerated in the Eastern Church [syn: icon, ikon]

Merriam Webster's

also ikon noun Etymology: Latin, from Greek eik?n, from eikenai to resemble Date: 1572 1. a usually pictorial representation ; image 2. [Late Greek eik?n, from Greek] a conventional religious image typically painted on a small wooden panel and used in the devotions of Eastern Christians 3. an object of uncritical devotion ; idol 4. emblem, symbol <the house became an icon of 1860's residential architecture — Paul Goldberger> 5. a. a sign (as a word or graphic symbol) whose form suggests its meaning b. a graphic symbol on a computer display screen that usually suggests the type of object represented or the purpose of an available function • iconic adjective • iconically adverb

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (also ikon) 1 a devotional painting or carving, usu. on wood, of Christ or another holy figure, esp. in the Eastern Church. 2 an image or statue. 3 Computing a symbol or graphic representation on a VDU screen of a program, option, or window, esp. one of several for selection. 4 Linguistics a sign which has a characteristic in common with the thing it signifies. Etymology: L f. Gk eikon image

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Icon I"con, n. (Gr. Ch.) 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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Icon I"con ([imac]"k[o^]n), n. [L., fr. Gr. e'ikw`n.] An image or representation; a portrait or pretended portrait. Netherlands whose names and icons are published. --Hakewill.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(icons) 1. If you describe something or someone as an icon, you mean that they are important as a symbol of a particular thing. Only Marilyn has proved as enduring a fashion icon. N-COUNT: usu with supp 2. An icon is a picture of Christ, his mother, or a saint painted on a wooden panel. N-COUNT 3. An icon is a picture on a computer screen representing a particular computer function. If you want to use it, you move the cursor onto the icon using a mouse. (COMPUTING) N-COUNT

Moby Thesaurus

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