topic

== English == === Alternative forms === topick (obsolete) === Etymology === 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”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈtɒpɪk/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈtɑpɪk/ Rhymes: -ɒpɪk Hyphenation: top‧ic === Adjective === topic topical === Noun === topic (plural topics) Subject; theme; a category or general area of interest. Synonym: ground (Internet) Discussion thread. (computing) A component similar to a message queue which supports multiple subscribers. (music) A musical sign intended to suggest a particular style or genre. (obsolete) An argument or reason. (obsolete, medicine) An external local application or remedy, such as a plaster, a blister, etc. ==== Synonyms ==== (area of interest): subject, subject area ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== Further reading ==== “topic”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “topic”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. === Anagrams === cop it, optic, picot