icon

i·con  (kn)

n.

1. also i·kon (kn)

a. An image; a representation.

b. A representation or picture of a sacred or sanctified Christian personage, traditionally used and venerated in the Eastern Church.

2. An important and enduring symbol: "Voyager will take its place ... alongside such icons of airborne adventure as The Spirit of St. Louis and [the] Bell X-1" (William D. Marbach).

3. One who is the object of great attention and devotion; an idol: "He is ... a pop icon designed and manufactured for the video generation" (Harry F. Waters).

4. Computer Science A picture on a screen that represents a specific file, directory, window, option, or program.

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[From Greek eikn, from eikenai, to be like, seem.]

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icon, ikon [ˈaɪkɒn]

n

1. (Christianity / Eastern Church (Greek & Russian Orthodox)) a representation of Christ, the Virgin Mary, or a saint, esp one painted in oil on a wooden panel, depicted in a traditional Byzantine style and venerated in the Eastern Church

2. an image, picture, representation, etc.

3. a symbol resembling or analogous to the thing it represents

4. a person regarded as a sex symbol or as a symbol of a belief or cultural movement

5. (Electronics & Computer Science / Computer Science) a pictorial representation of a facility available on a computer system, that enables the facility to be activated by means of a screen cursor rather than by a textual instruction

[from Latin, from Greek eikōn image, from eikenai to be like]

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icon  (kn)

In a graphical user interface, a picture on the screen that represents a specific file, directory, window, or program. Clicking on an icon will start the associated program or open the associated file, directory, or window.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	icon - (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 computer science, computing - the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures graphical user interface, GUI - a user interface based on graphics (icons and pictures and menus) instead of text; uses a mouse as well as a keyboard as an input device symbol - an arbitrary sign (written or printed) that has acquired a conventional significance
	2.	icon - 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" ikon, picture, image 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 likeness, semblance - picture consisting of a graphic image of a person or thing cyclorama, diorama, panorama - a picture (or series of pictures) representing a continuous scene 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 CAT scan, scan - an image produced by scanning; "he analyzed the brain scan"; "you could see the tumor in the CAT scan" echogram, sonogram - an image of a structure that is produced by ultrasonography (reflections of high-frequency sound waves); used to observe fetal growth or to study bodily organs
	3.	icon - a conventional religious painting in oil on a small wooden panel; venerated in the Eastern Church ikon painting, picture - graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface; "a small painting by Picasso"; "he bought the painting as an investment"; "his pictures hang in the Louvre"

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icon

noun

1. idol, hero, superstar, favourite, pet, darling, pin-up (slang) a fashion icon of the nineties

2. representation, image, figure, statue, idol, likeness, effigy He came home with a haul of religious icons. like, iconomania

Translations

icon [ˈaɪkɒn] N (gen, Comput) → icono m

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icon [ˈaɪkɒn] n

(= symbol) → icône f

(= religious picture) → icône f

(on computer screen) → icône f

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icon

n

(Art) → Ikone f

(= cultural symbol) → Ikone f

(Comput) → Icon nt, → ikonisches Zeichen

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icon [ˈaɪkɒn] n (also) (Comput) → icona

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icon [ˈaɪkɒn] n (also) (Comput) → icona

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icon

n icon, ikon [ˈaikoun]

1 (alsoikon) especially in the Orthodox Churches, a painting etc of Christ or a saint. ikoon أيْقونَه، صورَة قِدّيس икона ikona ikon die Ikone εικόνα, εικόνισμα icono ikoon تصویر حضرت عیسی یا مقدسان دیگر ikoni icône אִיקוֹנִין प्रतिमा,मूर्ति ikona ikon, szentkép lukisan, dsb., orang suci helgimynd, íkon icona 聖像 성상(聖像) ikona ikona, svētbilde lukisan icoon ikon, helgenbilde ikona ícone icoană икона ikona ikona ikona ikon รูปบูชาของพระเยซู พระแม่มารี หรือนักบุญต่างๆ ikon, ikona 聖像, 偶像 ікона لکڑی پر بنائی حضرت عیسی یا کسی اور مقدس شخصیت کی تصویر tượng thánh 圣像, 偶像

2 a small graphic sign on a computer screen representing an application that the user can choose. ikoon أيْقونَه ، علامة على شاشَة الكومبيوتر икона ikona ikon die Icons, die Symbole εικονίδιο προγράμματος σε οθόνη Η/Υ icono ikoon نماد تصویری kuvake icône סִמלוֹן अनुप्रतीक ikona ikon ikon icona 記号絵 아이콘 piktograma ikona ikon symbool ikon, symbol ikona знак, символ ikona, piktogram ikona ikona ikon รูปสัญลักษณ์บนจอคอมพิวเตอร์ simge 電腦圖示 іконка کمپیوٹر پر کسی پروگرام کی شناختی علامت biểu tượng 图标

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icon → أيقونة ikona ikon Ikone εικόνα icono ikoni icône ikona icona 聖像 아이콘 pictogram ikon ikona ícone икона ikon คนที่มีผู้คนยกย่องสรรเสริญ ikon biểu tượng 偶像