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noun
/ˈaɪ.kɒn/UK/ˈaɪ.kɑn/US

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.

  1. derived from εἰκών
  2. borrowed from īcōn

Definitions

  1. An image, symbol, picture, portrait, or other representation, usually as an object of…

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

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

    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.

  3. 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.
    • Barbie is viewed as an icon of American culture in her new biography, Barbie: Her Life and Times (Crown, $25), written by Billy Boy, a clothing and jewelry designer in Paris.
  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. A small picture that represents something.

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    2. A word, character, or sign whose form reflects and is determined by the referent

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

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    3. Acronym of index currency option note, a type of financial instrument.

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Derived

autoicon, bicon, dykon, earcon, emoticon, favicon, gay icon, hamburger icon, iconification, iconifier, iconify, iconisation, iconise, iconization, iconize, iconless, iconlike, iconology, icon-stand, identicon, musicon, obscenicon, subicon, WIMP

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at icon. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at icon. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at icon

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA