skeuomorph

Etymology
From +, modeled after  and.

Noun

 * 1) A design feature copied from a similar feature in another object, even when not functionally necessary.
 * 2) * 1987, Alexander von Gernet, Peter Timmins, Pipes and Parakeets: Constructing Meaning in an Early Iroquoian Context, Ian Hodder, Archaeology As Long-Term History, |%22skeuomorphs%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=8SceT8W5MKuyiQeF2ZDQDQ&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22skeuomorph%22|%22skeuomorphs%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 37,
 * One of the most striking examples of a skeuomorph is the aforementioned impaled bird motif which has the stem of a pipe thrust through the body of a duck or other bird, so that the mouthpiece protrudes from the bill.
 * 1) * 2000, "skeuomorph", entry in Barbara Ann Kipfer, Encyclopedic Dictionary of Archaeology, |%22skeuomorphs%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=4FweT9agJMqWiQeZ4bjVDQ&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22skeuomorph%22|%22skeuomorphs%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 519,
 * A decorative bow attached to a shoe is a skeuomorph of the laces once used to tie it; triangular shapes drawn below handles on pottery are skeuomorphs of the metal plates by which the handles on metal prototypes were attached; and the semicircular mark on the back of a teaspoon represents the broadening of the handle where it was soldered to the bowl when it used to be made in two pieces.
 * A decorative bow attached to a shoe is a skeuomorph of the laces once used to tie it; triangular shapes drawn below handles on pottery are skeuomorphs of the metal plates by which the handles on metal prototypes were attached; and the semicircular mark on the back of a teaspoon represents the broadening of the handle where it was soldered to the bowl when it used to be made in two pieces.

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