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Topos in a sentence

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Topos | Topo | Toposcope

Topos meaning

  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.

Synonyms of Topos

theme motif

Related words

Other words often associated with Topos or its synonyms:

idea thought motive design topic air figure content subject melody substance pattern

Using Topos

  • The main meaning on this page is: A literary theme or motif; a rhetorical convention or formula. | A category that behaves like the category of sheaves of sets on a topological space (or, more generally, on a site). | A toilet.
  • Useful related words include: theme, motif.
  • In the example corpus, topos often appears in combinations such as: topos theory, topos can, in topos.

Context around Topos

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 24.8 words
  • Position in the sentence: 3 start, 5 middle, 4 end
  • Sentence types: 12 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

additional 1× springboard 1× proposed 1× megiston 1× regular 1×

Often after:

theory 4× axioms 1× teas 1× hapanta 1× meaning 1×

Sentence patterns with Topos

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

a topos can also 2× a regular topos in hagiography 1× definition of topos 1× gravity that topos theory is 1× have proposed topos theory as 1× in a topos that does 1× no and topos meaning place 1× said megiston topos hapanta gar 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a topos can 2× although the axiom 1× category theorists have 1× for example he 1× he wrote that 1× physicist lee smolin 1×

Common sentence endings:

a logical theory 1× additional topos axioms 1× axiom of choice 1× axiomatic set theory 1× definition of topos 1× drink fresh tea 1×

Words around Topos

Just before it in the word index:

topor 4 toponymy 10 toponyms 18 toponym 13 topology 323 topologies 41

Just after it in the word index:

toposcope 2 topp 16 topped 1.393 toppenish 6 topper 110 toppers 89

Similar in corpus frequency:

aami 15 aat 15 abada 15 abcs 15 abdulkareem 15 abha 15

Corpus analysis for Topos

  • In this selection, "topos" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, additional, springboard, proposed, theory, axioms and teas stand out and add context to how "topos" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a topos can also and a regular topos in hagiography. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "topos" sits close to words such as aami, aat and abada, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with topos

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

A topos can also be used to represent a logical theory. (11 words)

Category theorists have proposed topos theory as an alternative to traditional axiomatic set theory. (14 words)

See also Aristotle's Physics, Book IV, Chapter 5, on the definition of topos. (14 words)

Longer example sentences

This interpretation is bolstered by the title of the book and nation, and its apparent confusion between the Greek for "no place" and "good place": "utopia" is a compound of the syllable ou-, meaning "no", and topos, meaning place. (39 words)

Sending emails at 11 p.m. on Saturday nights, holding team brainstorming sessions once a month and strategically facing challenges is what will springboard Topos Teas into the world and hands of whoever wants to drink fresh tea. (38 words)

Physicist Lee Smolin writes in Three Roads to Quantum Gravity that topos theory is "the right form of logic for cosmology" (page 30) and "In its first forms it was called 'intuitionistic logic'" (page 31). (35 words)

Example sentences (12)

A topos can also be considered as a specific type of category with two additional topos axioms.

Sending emails at 11 p.m. on Saturday nights, holding team brainstorming sessions once a month and strategically facing challenges is what will springboard Topos Teas into the world and hands of whoever wants to drink fresh tea.

Although the axiom schema of replacement is a standard axiom in set theory today, it is often omitted from systems of type theory and foundation systems in topos theory.

A topos can also be used to represent a logical theory.

Category theorists have proposed topos theory as an alternative to traditional axiomatic set theory.

For example, he said: : Megiston topos: hapanta gar chorei (Μέγιστον τόπος· ἄπαντα γὰρ χωρεῖ.) : "The greatest is space, for it holds all things".

He wrote that the central theme of the topics above is that of topos theory, while the first and last were of the least importance to him.

Physicist Lee Smolin writes in Three Roads to Quantum Gravity that topos theory is "the right form of logic for cosmology" (page 30) and "In its first forms it was called 'intuitionistic logic'" (page 31).

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See also Aristotle's Physics, Book IV, Chapter 5, on the definition of topos.

This can be useful if one works in a topos that does not have the axiom of choice.

This interpretation is bolstered by the title of the book and nation, and its apparent confusion between the Greek for "no place" and "good place": "utopia" is a compound of the syllable ou-, meaning "no", and topos, meaning place.

This recognition of a religious apparition from likeness to an image was also a characteristic of pagan pious accounts of appearances of gods to humans, and was a regular topos in hagiography.

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Common combinations with topos

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "topos" in a sentence?
An example: "A topos can also be considered as a specific type of category with two additional topos axioms." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "topos" from authentic English texts.
What does "topos" mean?
Topos means: A literary theme or motif; a rhetorical convention or formula.
What are synonyms of "topos"?
Common synonyms of "topos" include: theme, motif.
How many example sentences with "topos" are there?
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