Topos

Word TOPOS
Character 5
Hyphenation N/A
Pronunciations /ˈtɒpɒs/

Definitions and meanings of "Topos"

What do we mean by topos?

A traditional theme or motif; a literary convention. noun

A literary theme or motif; a rhetorical convention or formula. noun

A certain mathematical structure found in category theory. noun

A traditional theme or motif or literary convention noun

A literary theme or motif; a rhetorical convention or formula.

An elementary topos

A Grothendieck topos

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The word "topos" in example sentences

Aristotle says: “we must find the location (topos) from which to attack,” where the word ˜topos™ is obviously used to mean a starting point for attacking the theses of the opponents. ❋ Rapp, Christof (2002)

The notion of topos is due for a revival, especially if we are to consider seriously the recuperation of sentimental poetry and the many women poets who do not invest in the masculinised rhetorics of anti-rhetoric proffered in the Lyrical Ballads model of Romantic-period literary history. ❋ Unknown (1997)

In addition, help was offered by a search-and-rescue group called "topos" -- (moles) -- organized by youths who dug through collapsed buildings after Mexico City's 1985 earthquake. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Very roughly, a topos is a category possessing a logical structure sufficiently rich to develop most of ❋ Marquis, Jean-Pierre (2007)

The inscription found on a portico base was identified as a topos inscription by Professor Dennis Feissel in Paris -- "pro teketai [iu] lianou," or "the place reserved for [Ju] lian." ❋ Unknown (2003)

Now a topos is a motif which takes the form of a literary commonplace or rhetorical set-piece: e.g., the comparison between nature and a book or between the world and the theater. ❋ HARRY LEVIN (1968)

7 This topos has been a subject of well known investigations from Ernst R. Curtius, European Literature and the Latin Middle Ages (Princeton 1967), 319-326, to Jacques Derrida, Of ❋ Unknown (2001)

When English lawyer Sir Thomas More--a devout Roman Catholic--coined the word "utopia" to describe his imaginary island nation in the early 16th century, it was a play on the Greek eu-topos, meaning "good place" and ou-topos, meaning "no place". ❋ Unknown (2006)

These are "topos" ( "place") inscriptions followed by a name in the possessive case, which gave official authorization to a particular salesman to use this spot. ❋ Unknown (2003)

So it appears that Percy Shelley developed an oppositional poetics which pitted one kind of topos against another. ❋ Unknown (1997)

Now, if this distribution is known and if the shape of the resulting space is to be determined, then, for operational pur - poses, a background space, that is a kind of topos in the sense of Aristotle, must be chosen a priori; and it would be desirable to have a procedure for making this a priori choice in any one given case. ❋ SALOMON BOCHNER (1968)

Projecto que visa transformar em media os topos das paragens de autocarro londrinas, atingindo, assim, mais de 8 milhões de pessoas. ❋ Red (2009)

Not to say that they don't need to look outside of it, but I don't think SotC or Portal would exist as they do without the topos and tropes of games to define their operation. ❋ SVGL (2009)

If you are looking for a good site thats up to date and inexpensive try terra server you will be able to get sattelite imagery as well as several usgs and other styles of topos. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The New York Times uncritically accepts a topos in which “in there” are normal people and “out there” are vandals, burning tires, and dancing trolls. ❋ Unknown (2008)

While the Virgin's suffering at the foot of the cross was a well known medieval topos, Elsbeth describes John too as taking part in that suffering. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Although the image can occasionally be found in thirteenth-century manuscript illumination, the topos did not gain widespread popularity until the fourteenth century. ❋ Unknown (2008)

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