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Topic and Heading Definitions

Topic

The subject of a speech, essay, thesis, or discourse.

Heading

The title, subtitle, or topic that stands at the top or beginning, as of a paragraph, letter, or chapter.

Topic

A subject of discussion or conversation.

Heading

The course or direction in which a ship or aircraft is pointing or moving.

Topic

A subdivision of a theme, thesis, or outline.

Heading

A gallery or drift in a mine.
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Topic

(Linguistics) A word or phrase in a sentence, usually providing information from previous discourse or shared knowledge, that the rest of the sentence elaborates or comments on. Also called theme.

Heading

The end of a gallery or drift.

Topic

Topical

Heading

Present participle of head

Topic

Subject; 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

Heading

The title or topic of a document, article, chapter, or of a section thereof.
Put the information under the "Advantages" heading
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Topic

(Internet) Discussion thread.

Heading

(nautical) The direction into which a seagoing or airborne vessel's bow is pointing (apparent heading) and/or the direction into which it is actually moving relative to the ground (true heading)

Topic

(music) A musical sign intended to suggest a particular style or genre.

Heading

Material for the heads of casks, barrels, etc.

Topic

(obsolete) An argument or reason.

Heading

(mining) A gallery, drift, or adit in a mine; also, the end of a drift or gallery; the vein above a drift.
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Topic

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

Heading

(sewing) The extension of a line ruffling above the line of stitch.

Topic

One of the various general forms of argument employed in probable as distinguished from demonstrative reasoning, - denominated by Aristotle to`poi (literally, places), as being the places or sources from which arguments may be derived, or to which they may be referred; also, a prepared form of argument, applicable to a great variety of cases, with a supply of which the ancient rhetoricians and orators provided themselves; a commonplace of argument or oratory.
These topics, or loci, were no other than general ideas applicable to a great many different subjects, which the orator was directed to consult.
In this question by [reason] I do not mean a distinct topic, but a transcendent that runs through all topics.

Heading

(masonry) The end of a stone or brick which is presented outward.

Topic

An argument or reason.
Contumacious persons, who are not to be fixed by any principles, whom no topics can work upon.

Heading

(flags) A strip of material at the hoist end of a flag, used for attaching the flag to its halyard.

Topic

The subject of any distinct portion of a discourse, or argument, or literary composition; also, the general or main subject of the whole; a matter treated of; a subject, as of conversation or of thought; a matter; a point; a head.

Heading

The act or state of one who, or that which, heads; formation of a head.

Topic

An external local application or remedy, as a plaster, a blister, etc.

Heading

That which stands at the head; title; as, the heading of a paper.

Topic

Topical.

Heading

Material for the heads of casks, barrels, etc.

Topic

The subject matter of a conversation or discussion;
He didn't want to discuss that subject
It was a very sensitive topic
His letters were always on the theme of love

Heading

A gallery, drift, or adit in a mine; the vein above a drift.

Topic

Some situation or event that is thought about;
He kept drifting off the topic
He had been thinking about the subject for several years
It is a matter for the police

Heading

The extension of a line ruffling above the line of stitch.

Heading

That end of a stone or brick which is presented outward.

Heading

A line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about;
The heading seemed to have little to do with the text

Heading

The direction or path along which something moves or along which it lies

Heading

A horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine;
They dug a drift parallel with the vein

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