Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun That branch of logic or rhetoric which treats of topics in the sense of topic, n.
  • noun The most general, fundamental, and naturally elementary branch of geometry, which neither considers lengths, areas, or volumes in their character of being measurable, nor distinguishes straight from curved or crooked lines, nor plane from curved or bent surfaces, but studies only the manner in which the parts of places are continuously connected.

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  • noun Plural form of topic.

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  • Promoted to Headline (H2) on 7/30/08: An Aging Radical on Race and Politics yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'An Aging Radical on Race and Politics'; yahooBuzzArticleSummary = 'Article: A frank look at the title topics from a personal perspective -- with thoughts on current problems facing humanity (ranging from war, the environment, poverty and the prison-industrial complex).

    An Aging Radical on Race and Politics 2008

  • I sat on about a dozen panels ranging in topics from the blush-worthy “Got Sex?” to the tech savvy “Kindlemania” to the very popular “What’s next in Urban Fantasy?”.

    2010 April « 2010

  • I sat on about a dozen panels ranging in topics from the blush-worthy “Got Sex?” to the tech savvy “Kindlemania” to the very popular “What’s next in Urban Fantasy?”.

    Conference/Convention Season « 2010

  • One of my favorite comments, which has appeared with disturbing regularity across a wide variety of forums and topics, is the following:

    Daniel Cubias: The Skill that Every Job Requires? Daniel Cubias 2010

  • One of my favorite comments, which has appeared with disturbing regularity across a wide variety of forums and topics, is the following:

    Daniel Cubias: The Skill that Every Job Requires? Daniel Cubias 2010

  • I was talking with a friend over the weekend and we had both come to the conclusion that we really didn't give a toss about one of our main topics of conversation: politics.

    Ennui John 2009

  • At conferences I sometimes hear stories about places where senior colleagues try to tell tenure-track faculty what to write about (or, worse, forbid certain topics or styles).

    Discourse.net: Ten Reasons Why You Should Teach Here -- And Three Why You Shouldn't (v. 3.0) 2009

  • I found myself unwilling to comment on certain topics for fear my remark might not pass muster.

    intertribal: the good thing is, I kept thinking of movies I liked, not movies I hated intertribal 2010

  • Certain topics are of interest for certain people. .nobody is forcing you to read our discussions ... and nobody is asking for your opinion either in case you havent noticed.

    In regards to locked thread on importing autos.. 2009

  • One of my favorite comments, which has appeared with disturbing regularity across a wide variety of forums and topics, is the following:

    Daniel Cubias: The Skill that Every Job Requires? Daniel Cubias 2010

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