icon

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A type of religious painting portraying a saint or scene from Scripture, often done on wooden panels.

   Last week the Archdiocese sent emmissaries to investigate the icon and decided that the tears were not a hoax, Father Koufos said.

2. 2
   noun

   A person or thing that is the best example of a certain profession or some doing.

   That man is an icon in the business; he personifies loyalty and good business sense.

3. 3
   noun

   A small picture that represents something.

   Click the loudspeaker icon to configure audio settings.

4. 4
   noun

   A word, character, or sign whose form reflects and is determined by the referent; onomatopoeic words are necessarily all icons.

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5. 5
   noun

   a conventional religious painting in oil on a small wooden panel

6. 6
   noun

   a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface

7. 7
   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

8. 8
   noun

   An image, symbol, picture, portrait, or other representation, usually as an object of religious devotion.

Etymology

From Latin īcōn, from Ancient Greek εἰκών (eikṓn, “likeness, image, portrait”). Eastern Orthodox Church sense is attested from 1833. Computing sense first recorded in 1982.