topoi
/ˈtɒpɔɪ/
topoi is the plural of topos.
Meaning of topos
Noun
topos (plural topoi or toposes)
- A literary theme or motif; a rhetorical convention or formula.
- The ritual of weighing the soul was an iconographic topos familiar to Christianity from the ceremony of the weighing of sins at the Last Judgement.2003, Roy Porter, Flesh in the Age of Reason, Penguin, published 2004, page 239
- A category that behaves like the category of sheaves of sets on a topological space (or, more generally, on a site).
- A toilet.
Forms of topoi
| alternative form | toposes |
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Questions about topoi
- What is topoi the plural of?
- Topoi is the plural of topos.
- How do you pronounce topoi?
- Topoi is pronounced /ˈtɒpɔɪ/.
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