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Of or pertaining to a place; limited; logical application; as, a topical remedy; a topical claim or privilege.

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  1. n. Of or pertaining to a place; limited; logical application; as, a topical remedy; a topical claim or privilege.
  2. n. Pertaining to, or consisting of, a topic or topics; according to topics.
  3. n. Resembling a topic, or general maxim; hence, not demonstrative, but merely probable, as an argument.
  4. adj. pertaining to the surface of a body part
  5. adj. of or relating to or arranged by topics
  6. adj. of interest at the present time
  7. 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.
  8. Pertaining to, or consisting of, a topic or topics; accordingto topics.
  9. j:100 s. pertaining to the surface of a body part a. of or relating to or arranged by topics s. of interest at the present time