topical : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: topical	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for topical
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
topical adj pertaining to the surface of a body part; "a drug for topical (or local) application"; "a topical anesthesia" of or relating to or arranged by topics; "a detailed record on both a chronological and a topical basis" of interest at the present time; "a topical reference"; "a topical and timely study of civil liberty"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Topical \Top"ical\, 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.