topos

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A literary theme or motif; a rhetorical convention or formula.
  2. A category that behaves like the category of sheaves of sets on a topological space (or, more generally, on a site).
  3. A toilet.

Pronunciation

/ˈtoʊpɒs/

Word forms

topos topoi toposes

Etymology

From Ancient Greek τόπος (tópos, “place”). Compare topic.

Related words

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