English noun: ikon | |||
1. | ikon (artifact) a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface | ||
Samples | They showed us the pictures of their wedding. A movie is a series of images projected so rapidly that the eye integrates them. | ||
Synonyms | icon, image, picture | ||
Broader (hypernym) | representation | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | bitmap, CAT scan, chiaroscuro, collage, computer graphic, cyclorama, diorama, echogram, electronic image, foil, graphic, iconography, inset, likeness, montage, panorama, reflection, reflexion, scan, semblance, sonogram, transparency | ||
2. | ikon (artifact) a conventional religious painting in oil on a small wooden panel; venerated in the Eastern Church | ||
Synonyms | icon | ||
Broader (hypernym) | painting, picture | ||