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Ikon

noun

A visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface. Synonyms: icon, image, picture. "A movie is a series of images projected so rapidly that the eye integrates them"

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

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"Ikon" Quotes from Famous Books

... to fill our lives, to fill our lives.... We love Russia.... But that is another thing.... Never forget too that behind every Russian's simplicity there is always his Ideal—his secret Ideal, perhaps, that he keeps like an ikon sacred in his heart. Yes, of every Russian, even of the worst of us, that is true. And it complicates our lives, delivers us to our enemies, defeats all our worldly aims, renders us helpless at the moment when we should be most strong. But it is good, before God, that it ...

— The Dark Forest • Hugh Walpole

Words linked to "Ikon" : semblance, chiaroscuro, image, echogram, CAT scan, montage, inset, computer graphic, likeness, transparency, painting, scan, reflection, foil, iconography, bitmap, cyclorama, reflexion, graphic, representation, diorama, electronic image, panorama, sonogram, collage