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Topic
//ˈtɒpɪk// adj, noun
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 topical
Noun
- 1 Subject; theme; a category or general area of interest.
"A society where a topic cannot be discussed, does not have free speech."
- 2 some situation or event that is thought about wordnet
- 3 Discussion thread. Internet
- 4 the subject matter of a conversation or discussion wordnet
- 5 A component similar to a message queue which supports multiple subscribers.
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- 6 A musical sign intended to suggest a particular style or genre.
"In Peircean terms, topics are interpretants: signifieds that become new signifiers in the endless semiotic chain of interpretations."
- 7 An argument or reason. obsolete
"contumacious persons, who are not to be fixed by any principles, whom no topics can work upon"
- 8 An external local application or remedy, such as a plaster, a blister, etc. obsolete
"Amongst topics or outward medicines none are more precious than baths."
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Latin topica, from Ancient Greek τοπικός (topikós, “pertaining to a place, local, pertaining to a common place, or topic, topical”), from τόπος (tópos, “a place”).
Etymology 2
From Latin topica, from Ancient Greek τοπικός (topikós, “pertaining to a place, local, pertaining to a common place, or topic, topical”), from τόπος (tópos, “a place”).
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