topic

adj

1. topical

noun

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

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

   “stick to the topic”

   “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.”

2. (Internet)A 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.”

3. A component similar to a message queue which supports multiple subscribers.
4. A 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.”

5. (obsolete)An argument or reason.

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

6. (obsolete)An external local application or remedy, such as a plaster, a blister, etc.

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