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noun
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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.
Dutch: pictogram, icoon
Polish: ikona, ikonka
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A visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface.
synonyms: ikon, image, picture.
Roget 554:
representation,
representment†;
imitation
etc.
19;
illustration,
delineation,
depictment†;
imagery,
portraiture,
iconography;
design,
designing;
art,
fine arts;
painting
etc.
556;
sculpture
etc.
557;
engraving
etc.
558;
photography,
cinematography;
radiography,
autoradiography [Bioch.],
fluorography [Chem],
sciagraphy†.
personation,
personification;
impersonation;
drama
etc.
599.
picture,
photo,
photograph,
daguerreotype,
snapshot;
X-ray photo;
movie film,
movie;
tracing,
scan,
TV image,
video image,
image file,
graphics,
computer graphics,
televideo,
closed-circuit TV.
copy
etc.
21;
drawing,
sketch,
drought,
draft;
plot,
chart,
figure,
scheme.
image,
likeness,
icon,
portrait,
striking likeness,
speaking likeness;
very image;
effigy,
facsimile.
figure,
figure head;
puppet,
doll,
figurine,
aglet†,
manikin,
lay-figure,
model,
mammet†,
marionette,
fantoccini†,
waxwork,
bust;
statue,
statuette.
ideograph,
hieroglyphic,
anaglyph,
kanji [Jap.];
diagram,
monogram.
map,
plan,
chart,
ground plan,
projection,
elevation
(plan)
626.
ichnography†,
cartography;
atlas;
outline,
scheme;
view
etc.
(painting)
556;
radiograph,
scotograph†,
sciagraph†;
spectrogram,
heliogram†.
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Dutch: afbeelding, figuur, illustratie, plaatje, portret, prent
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A conventional religious painting in oil on a small wooden panel; venerated in the Eastern Church.
synonym: ikon.
Dutch: idool, icoon
Polish: ikona
Moby thesaurus: Agnus Dei, Holy Grail, Host, Pieta, Sanctus bell, Sangraal, abstract, abstraction, altarpiece, ark, asperger, asperges, aspergillum, bambino, beadroll, beads, block print, candle, censer, certified copy, chaplet, ciborium, collage, color print, companion, copy, counterfeit, cross, crucifix, cruet, cyclorama, daub, dead ringer, diptych, double, duplicate, ectype, effigy, engraving, eucharistial, exact likeness, fair copy, faithful copy, fake, fellow, forgery, fresco, glosseme, holy cross, holy water, holy-water sprinkler, idol, illumination, illustration, image, imitation, incensory, lexeme, lexical form, likeness, living image, living picture, match, mate, matzo, menorah, mezuzah, mikvah, miniature, mirroring, model, monstrance, montage, morpheme, mosaic, mural, osculatory, ostensorium, panorama, paschal candle, pasticcio, pastiche, pax, phony, photograph, phrase, phylacteries, picture, portrait, prayer shawl, prayer wheel, print, pyx, reflection, relics, representation, reproduction, resemblance, rood, rosary, rubbing, sacramental, sacred relics, sacring bell, semasiological unit, semblance, sememe, shadow, shofar, sign, signifiant, significant, similitude, simulacrum, spit and image, spitting image, stained glass window, stencil, still life, sukkah, symbol, tabernacle, tableau, tallith, tapestry, term, thurible, token, trace, tracing, triptych, twin, type, urceole, veronica, very image, very picture, vigil light, votive candle, wall painting, word ... show more.
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