WordNet Dictionary- [adj] of interest at the present time; "a topical reference"; "a topical and timely study of civil liberty"
- [adj] (medicine) pertaining to the surface of a body part; "a drug for topical (or local) application"; "a topical anesthesia"
- [adj] of or relating to or arranged by topics; "a detailed record on both a chronological and a topical basis"
Webster's 1913 Dictionary\Top"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. topique, LL. topicus, Gr. ?. See
{Topic}, n.]
1. Of or pertaining to a place; limited; logical application;
as, a topical remedy; a topical claim or privilege.
2. (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.
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