topic

alternative topick

1. topical

plural topics · alternative topick

1. A subject; a theme; a category or general area of interest.

   stick to the topic

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   A society where a topic cannot be discussed, does not have free speech.

   an interesting topic of conversation

   romance is a topic that frequently comes up in conversation

   The yawning gap in neuroscientists’ understanding of their topic is in the intermediate scale of the brain’s anatomy.

   2013 August 3, “The machine of a new soul”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8847

   Synonyms: ground, subject, subject area

2. InternetA discussion thread.

   If after the update you still run into bugs or odd behavior, please report them in the appropriate Steam Community thread or the relevant Discord channel/topic.

   2026 February 11, “Hotfix #11”, in Pathologic 3 Events, Ice-Pick Lodge, via Steam Community, archived from the original on 19 Feb 2026

3. computingA component similar to a message queue which supports multiple subscribers.
4. entertainmentA 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.

   2012, Esti Sheinberg, Music Semiotics, page 9

5. obsoleteAn argument or reason.

   contumacious persons, who are not to be fixed by any principles, whom no topics can work upon

   1675, John Wilkins, Of the Principle and Duties of Natural Religion

6. obsoletemedicineAn external local application or remedy, such as a plaster, a blister, etc.

   Amongst topics or outward medicines none are more precious than baths.

   1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC