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n. The subject of a speech, essay, thesis, or discourse.

n. A subject of discussion or conversation.

n. A subdivision of a theme, thesis, or outline. See Synonyms at subject.

n. Linguistics A word or phrase in a sentence, usually providing information from previous discourse or shared knowledge, that the rest of the sentence elaborates or comments on. Also called theme.

adj. topical

n. Subject; theme; a category or general area of interest.

n. discussion thread

n. One of the various general forms of argument employed in probable as distinguished from demonstrative reasoning, -- denominated by Aristotle to`poi (literally, places), as being the places or sources from which arguments may be derived, or to which they may be referred; also, a prepared form of argument, applicable to a great variety of cases, with a supply of which the ancient rhetoricians and orators provided themselves; a commonplace of argument or oratory.

n. A treatise on forms of argument; a system or scheme of forms or commonplaces of argument or oratory.

n. An argument or reason.

n. The subject of any distinct portion of a discourse, or argument, or literary composition; also, the general or main subject of the whole; a matter treated of; a subject, as of conversation or of thought; a matter; a point; a head.

n. An external local application or remedy, as a plaster, a blister, etc.

adj. Topical.

n. plural In geometry, topology. See topics, 2.

Local: same as topical.

n. In logic and rhetoric, a common place (which see, under common); a class of considerations from which probable arguments can be drawn.

n. The subject of a discourse, argument, or literary composition, or the subject of any distinct part of a discourse, etc.; any matter treated of: now the usual meaning of the word.

n. In medicine, a remedy locally applied.

n. Synonyms Theme, Point, etc. See subject.

n. the subject matter of a conversation or discussion

n. some situation or event that is thought about

"$topic (35, ...) to truncate overly long topic names."

transcendental topic    topical song    topical geometry   

subtopic    off-topic    topical    topic map   

matter    point    head    topical    subject    commonplace   

Tropic    endoscopic    geotropic    gyroscopic    isotopic    laparoscopic    laryngoscopic    microscopic    myopic    philanthropic   

subject    theme    aspect    concept    task    discussion    situation    item    consideration    challenge