01 a. Of or pertaining to a place; limited; logical application; as, a topical remedy; a topical claim or privilege.
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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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Pertaining to, or consisting of, a topic or topics; according to topics.(Rhet. & logic)
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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.