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/ˈaɪ.kɑn/ noun, slang
noun, slang ·Common ·Middle school level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 An image, symbol, picture, portrait, or other representation, usually as an object of religious devotion.
- 2 Acronym of index currency option note, a type of financial instrument. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
- 3 a conventional religious painting in oil on a small wooden panel; venerated in the Eastern Church wordnet
- 4 A type of religious painting portraying a saint or scene from Scripture, often done on wooden panels. especially
"Last week the Archdiocese sent emmissaries to investigate the icon and decided that the tears were not a hoax, Father Koufos said."
- 5 a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface wordnet
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- 6 A person or thing that is the best example of a certain profession or some doing. broadly
"That man is an icon in the business; he personifies loyalty and good business sense."
- 7 (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 wordnet
- 8 A small picture that represents something.
"Click the loudspeaker icon to configure audio settings."
- 9 A small picture that represents something.; An image used to represent a user; an avatar or profile picture. Internet, informal
"Is it okay if I use your drawing as my icon?"
- 10 A word, character, or sign whose form reflects and is determined by the referent; onomatopoeic words are necessarily all icons.
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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.