topical > define

adjective

• Pertaining to the surface of a body part.
  • usage: "a drug for topical (or local) application"; "a topical anesthesia"
• Of or relating to or arranged by topics.
  • usage: "a detailed record on both a chronological and a topical basis"
• Of interest at the present time.
  • usage: "a topical reference"; "a topical and timely study of civil liberty"

• (n.) Pertaining to or consisting of, a topic or topics; according to topics.
• (n.) Resembling a topic or general maxim; hence, not demonstrative, but merely probable, as an argument.
• (n.) Of or pertaining to a place; limited; logical application; as, a topical remedy; a topical claim or privilege.