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icon (īkän′)

noun

    1. an image; figure; representation
    2. any of various stylized figures, as displayed on a microcomputer screen, representing available functions or resources
  1. Eastern Orthodox Ch. an image or picture of Jesus, Mary, a saint, etc., venerated as sacred
  2. any person or thing that is revered
  3. someone or something regarded as embodying the essential characteristics of an era, group, etc.

Etymology: L < Gr eikōn, an image, figure (in LGr, sacred image) < IE base *weik-, to resemble > Lith į-vỹkti, to happen, become true

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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