IKON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ikon mean? 

• IKON (noun)
  The noun IKON has 2 senses:

1. a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface

2. a conventional religious painting in oil on a small wooden panel; venerated in the Eastern Church

  Familiarity information: IKON used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• IKON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

icon; ikon; image; picture

Context example:

a movie is a series of images projected so rapidly that the eye integrates them

Hypernyms ("ikon" is a kind of...):

representation (a creation that is a visual or tangible rendering of someone or something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ikon"):

bitmap; electronic image (an image represented as a two dimensional array of brightness values for pixels)

chiaroscuro (a monochrome picture made by using several different shades of the same color)

collage; montage (a paste-up made by sticking together pieces of paper or photographs to form an artistic image)

foil; transparency (picture consisting of a positive photograph or drawing on a transparent base; viewed with a projector)

computer graphic; graphic (an image that is generated by a computer)

iconography (the images and symbolic representations that are traditionally associated with a person or a subject)

inset (a small picture inserted within the bounds or a larger one)

likeness; semblance (picture consisting of a graphic image of a person or thing)

cyclorama; diorama; panorama (a picture (or series of pictures) representing a continuous scene)

reflection; reflexion (the image of something as reflected by a mirror (or other reflective material))

CAT scan; scan (an image produced by scanning)

echogram; sonogram (an image of a structure that is produced by ultrasonography (reflections of high-frequency sound waves); used to observe fetal growth or to study bodily organs)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A conventional religious painting in oil on a small wooden panel; venerated in the Eastern Church

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

icon; ikon

Hypernyms ("ikon" is a kind of...):

painting; picture (graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface)