topic

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topic † adj. pert. to or of the nature of a COMMONPLACE; sb. (pl.) name of Aristotle's treatise topiká (lit. matters concerning commonplaces) XVI; †consideration, argument, head XVII; subject of a discourse, theme XVIII. — Gr. topikós f. tópos place; see -IC.
So topical local; †pert. to general maxims XVI; pert. to subjects or current affairs XIX

topic

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top·ic / ˈtäpik/ • n. a matter dealt with in a text, discourse, or conversation; a subject: her favorite topic of conversation is her partner. ∎  Linguistics that part of a sentence about which something is said, typically the first major constituent.

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TOPIC (ˈtɒpɪk) Stock exchange Teletext Output Price Information Computer

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