Category:Topical

Top"ic*al, a. Etym: [cf. F. topique, ll. topicus, gr. Topic, n.]

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

2. (rhet. & logic)

Defn: 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.