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Webster 1913 Edition
Topical
1.
Of or pertaining to a place; limited; logical application;
as, a
. topical
remedy; a topical
claim or privilege2.
(Rhet. & logic)
Pertaining to, or consisting of, a topic or topics; according to topics.
3.
Resembling a topic, or general maxim; hence, not demonstrative, but merely probable, as an argument.
Evidences of fact can be no more than
topical
and probable. Sir M. Hale.
Webster 1828 Edition
Topical
TOP'ICAL
,Adj.
1.
Pertaining to a topic or subject of discourse, or to a general head.Definition 2024
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English
Adjective
topical (comparative more topical, superlative most topical)
- Of current interest; contemporary.
- Fair trade has become quite a topical subject.
- Local to a particular place
- (medicine, not comparable) Applied to a localized part of the body.
- (medicine, not comparable) Applied externally (to the surface of the skin or eye).
- Arranged according to topic or theme; thematic.
Antonyms
- (medicine: applied locally): systemic
Translations
of current interest; contemporary
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applied to a localized part of the body
arranged according to topic or theme; thematic
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Noun
topical (plural topicals)
- (pharmacology) A topical anaesthetic.