icon: Meaning and Definition of
i•con
Pronunciation: (ī'kon), [key]
— n.
- a picture, image, or other representation.
- a representation of some sacred personage, as Christ or a saint or angel, painted usually on a wood surface and venerated itself as sacred.
- a sign or representation that stands for its object by virtue of a resemblance or analogy to it.
- a picture or symbol that appears on a monitor and is used to represent a command, as a file drawer to represent filing.
- a sign or representation that stands for its object by virtue of a resemblance or analogy to it.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.