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topic map

topic map noun: a representation of knowledge consisting of a graph of topics (representing any concept, from people, countries, and organizations to software modules, individual files, and events), associations (which represent the relationships between them), and occurrences (which represent relationships between topics and information resources relevant to them).

Noun

topic map (plural topic maps)

  1. A representation of knowledge consisting of a graph of topics (representing any concept, from people, countries, and organizations to software modules, individual files, and events), associations (which represent the relationships between them), and occurrences (which represent relationships between topics and information resources relevant to them).

Forms of topic map

pluraltopic maps

Questions about topic map

What does topic map mean?
Topic map means a representation of knowledge consisting of a graph of topics (representing any concept, from people, countries, and organizations to software modules, individual files, and events), associations (which represent the relationships between them), and occurrences (which represent relationships between topics and information resources relevant to them).
What part of speech is topic map?
Topic map is a noun.
What is the plural of topic map?
The plural of topic map is topic maps.

Words near topic map in the dictionary

  1. topiarists
  2. topiary
  3. topias
  4. topic
  5. Topic A
  6. topic map
  7. topic maps
  8. topic of conversation
  9. topic sentence
  10. topic sentences
  11. topical

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