What's the difference between eikon and icon?

Eikon


Definition:

  • (n.) An image or effigy; -- used rather in an abstract sense, and rarely for a work of art.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) We derive an "eikonal-curvature" equation to describe the propagation of action potential wavefronts in myocardium.
  • (2) Thus, higher levels of aniseikonia correction and improved cosmetic appearance of eikonic spectacle lenses can be achieved.
  • (3) We present shape magnification nomographs that facilitate eikonic lens design with these materials.
  • (4) The results of the R-D and the eikonal models applied to a portion of the ventricular wall are in excellent agreement; moreover, the eikonal model requires only a small fraction of the computer time needed by the R-D system.
  • (5) We demonstrate that this theory is valid for biologically relevant parameters and simulate a one-way block by numerically solving the eikonal approximation.
  • (6) c) A linear eikonal equation relating the normal velocity to the curvature of the wavefront in agreement with measurements in the BZ reagent and in the aggregating slime mold D. discoideum.
  • (7) Subsequently a perturbation analysis is carried out that yields zero- and first-order approximations called eikonal equations.
  • (8) An approximate model has been derived from the R-D system by means of a singular perturbation technique, and it is described by an eikonal equation, nonlinear and elliptic, in the activation time psi (x).
  • (9) As a consequence the cardiac current sources are approximated by an oblique dipole layer structure and the motion of the wavefront is described by eikonal equations.
  • (10) There are significant computational advantages to the use of an eikonal-curvature equation over a full ionic model of action potential spread.
  • (11) We have analyzed the effects of the new high index glass and plastic spectacle lens materials on the design of eikonic lenses sometimes used for these patients.
  • (12) The results yielded by the excitation model and the eikonal equations are compared.
  • (13) Therefore, for large-scale simulations of the excitation process, only the eikonal model has been used, and we investigate its ability to cope with complex situations such as front-front collisions and related potential patterns.
  • (14) By using an asymptotic approximation, known as the eikonal equation, to model qualitatively the movement of a depolarization wave-front down a Purkinje fibre bundle, we show how a one-way block in conduction may result from asymmetric constriction in the width of a depressed bundle.

Icon


Definition:

  • (n.) An image or representation; a portrait or pretended portrait.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) I am absolutely sick to the stomach that this iconic Australian news agency would attack the navy in the way that it has,” he said.
  • (2) De Blasio's first significant act as mayor was to challenge a development plan for the iconic Domino's Sugar factory in Brooklyn – a typical late-Bloomberg, large-scale building project.
  • (3) A photograph of her confronting a row of police officers, a handbag dangling from her arm, became one of the iconic images of the 1970s.
  • (4) Kraft Foods has a proven track record of successfully completing and integrating strategic combinations to build iconic brands and multi-national businesses, including the acquisitions of LU in 2007 and Nabisco in 2000.
  • (5) In that context, the amount paid for late-career work like Women of Algiers is probably a good investment; while it has nowhere near the raw energy of early masterpieces such as Les Demoiselles d’Avignon (1907) or the significance of mid-career icons such as Guernica (1937), in an international market where the artist’s name casts a spell on potential buyers, it’s a respectable piece that can be immediately identified as a “Picasso”.
  • (6) Unlike the vecindades, which remained segregated and were always a space for the working classes and urban lumpen — even if they were appropriated as icons and romanticised by the middle and upper classes — the azoteas began to be inhabited by members of the middle-class intelligentsia during the early 20th century.
  • (7) When we use Ziggy Stardust to think through the problem of populist icons aren't we leader-shipping Bowie?
  • (8) Larson said misconceptions about Tubman had flourished in part because she was a “malleable icon”.
  • (9) The biographer of James Maxton, a Scots leftwinger with his own iconic status, he knows about party loyalties and tribal heroes.
  • (10) As it has elevated "hygge" (cosiness) into a way of life, Copenhagen has elevated the humble bicycle into a cultural icon, a pillar of its image.
  • (11) As Bartomeu told Sport: “There is no reason to break our contract with Enrique after he earned full marks for this season.” Meanwhile, on Pogba, the club president said: “Pogba is an iconic player at Juventus and has a contract there – we have not tried to sign him but we are closely monitoring his progress.
  • (12) The Stanhope chief executive, David Camp, said: "Stanhope is working in partnership with the BBC to deliver a publicly accessible mixed use remodelling of these iconic buildings and redevelopment of the adjoining land.
  • (13) This has been a season of distress, disorder and the dismissal of an iconic manager for Chelsea but now comes a night that could go a long way to making it one for the club to cherish.
  • (14) The title grew out of the iconic 1980s magazine, The Face, and hit the streets in 1986, designed by Face designer, Neville Brody.
  • (15) In some markets in the world we have customers who, despite all the progress that we’ve made, will not consider a French brand.” A spokesman for the prime minister, commenting on May’s conversation with Tavares, said: “The prime minister and Mr Tavares discussed the importance the UK attaches to Vauxhall’s plants at Ellesmere Port and Luton and their shared desire to protect and promote the jobs it supports and what Mr Tavares referred to as the ‘iconic’ Vauxhall brand within the wider group.
  • (16) The drawings feature a large female icon, her face replaced with the neon balaclavas that Pussy Riot use to mask their identity.
  • (17) Gareth Neame, managing director of Carnival Films, which produces the show, said: "We promise all the usual highs and lows, romance, drama and comedy played out by some of the most iconic characters on television."
  • (18) There is a fairytale quality to the idea of a boy who herded cattle in Qunu becoming the president of a modern state and an international icon.
  • (19) Cook knows that Apple is considered such an icon of design that, to its faithful, it's not so much a company as a public good.
  • (20) But given its popularity, it is little wonder that negotiating "Facebook divorce" status updates has become another unhappy event for failed romances, over when to launch the site's broken-heart icon out into the glare of the world's news feed.

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