A Topical Dictionary: Search for topical

Dictionary Results For "topical" [?]/[OPML]

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English

Adjective

Of current interest; contemporary.
:''Fair trade has become quite a topical subject.
local to a particular place
applied|Applied to a localized part of the body.
arranged|Arranged according to topic or theme; thematic.

Translations

Finnish: ulkoinen(3)

Russian: насущный(3)

Noun

A topical anaesthetic.

de:topical fr:topical io:topical it:topical hu:topical pl:topical ru:topical fi:topical ta:topical te:topical vi:topical

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Topical \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.
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2. (Rhet. & logic) Pertaining to, or consisting of, a topic
or topics; according to topics.
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3. Resembling a topic, or general maxim; hence, not
demonstrative, but merely probable, as an argument.
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Evidences of fact can be no more than topical and
probable. --Sir M. Hale.
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WordNet topical
adj 1: pertaining to the surface of a body part; "a drug for
topical (or local) application"; "a topical
anesthesia"
2: of or relating to or arranged by topics; "a detailed record
on both a chronological and a topical basis"
3: of interest at the present time; "a topical reference"; "a
topical and timely study of civil liberty"

Moby Dictionary
actual , as is , being , confined , contemporaneous , contemporary ,
current , existent , existing , extant , fresh , geographically limited ,
immanent , immediate , instant , insular , latest , limited , local ,
localized , modern , new , of a place , parochial , present ,
present-age , present-day , present-time , provincial , running ,
superficial , that be , that is , thematic , timely , up-to-date ,
up-to-the-minute , vernacular