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top·i·cal

 (tŏp′ĭ-kəl)
adj.
1. Being of current interest or relevance:topical issues.
2.Medicine Relating to, applied to, or affecting a localized area of the body, especially of the skin:a topical anesthetic.
3. Of, arranged by, or relating to a particular topic or topics:a topical concordance to the Bible.
n.
A topical anesthetic.
[From Greektopikos, fromtopos,place.]
top′i·cal′i·ty(-kăl′ĭ-tē) n.
top′i·cal·ly adv.
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topical

(ˈtɒpɪkəl)
adj
1.of, relating to, or constituting current affairs
2.relating to a particular place; local
3.of or relating to a topic or topics
4. (Medicine) (of a drug, ointment, etc) for application to the body surface; local
topicalityn
ˈtopicallyadv
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top•i•cal

(ˈtɒp ɪ kəl)

adj.
1. pertaining to or dealing with matters of current or local interest.
2. pertaining to the subject of a discourse, composition, etc.
3. of a place; local.
4.Med. on the skin or external surface: a topical ointment.
[1580–90; < Greektopik(ós) local, pertaining to commonplaces (seetopo-,-ic) +-al1]
top′i•cal•ly,adv.
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.topical - pertaining to the surface of a body parttopical - pertaining to the surface of a body part; "a drug for topical (or local) application"; "a topical anesthesia"
medical specialty,medicine - the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques
local - affecting only a restricted part or area of the body; "local anesthesia"
2.topical - of or relating to or arranged by topicstopical - of or relating to or arranged by topics; "a detailed record on both a chronological and a topical basis"
3.topical - of interest at the present timetopical - of interest at the present time; "a topical reference"; "a topical and timely study of civil liberty"
current - occurring in or belonging to the present time; "current events"; "the current topic"; "current negotiations"; "current psychoanalytic theories"; "the ship's current position"
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topical

adjectivecurrent,popular,contemporary,up-to-date,up-to-the-minute,newsworthyThey discuss topical issues within a Christian framework.
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

topical

adjective
Of, constituting, or relating to a theme or themes:
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Translations
آني الأهَمِيَّهمَوْضِعِيّ
aktuální
aktuel
ajankohtainen
aktualan
aktuális
mál dagsins, òaî sem er efst á baugi
時事的な
시사문제를 다룬
aktualen
aktuell
güncelgüncel aktüel
có tính thời sự

topical

[ˈtɒpɪkəl]ADJ
1. (=of current interest) →deinterésactual,de actualidad
a highly topical question →untema degranactualidad
topical talk →charlaf sobrecuestionesdel día
2. (US) →local
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

topical

[ˈtɒpɪkəl]adj →d'actualité
a topical issue →unsujet d'actualité
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

topical

adj
problem, speech, event →aktuell;he made a fewtopical remarks/allusions →ergingkurz aufaktuelleGeschehnisse ein/spieltekurz aufaktuelleGeschehnisse an
(= according to subject)topical index →Sachregisternt
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

topical

[ˈtɒpɪk/əl]adj →d'attualità
a highly topical question →unargomento digrandeattualità
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

topic

(ˈtopik) noun
something spoken or written about; a subject.They discussed the weather and other topics. onderwerp مَوْضوع тема tópico námět das Thema emneθέμαasunto,tema kõneaine, teema موضوع aihesujetנושא विषय tema, predmet (razgovora) (beszéd)téma topik (umræðu)efniargomento 話題 제목, 화제 tema temats topikonderwerpemnetemat موضوع، عنوان، دخبرې سرهtópico subiectтема námet tema tema [samtals]ämne หัวข้อkonu,mevzu 題目，主題 тема, предмет обговорення موضوع chủ đề 题目，主题
ˈtopical adjective
of interest at the present time. aktueel آني الأهَمِيَّه актуален atual aktuálníaktuell aktuelεπίκαιροςactual,de actualidad, de interés actual päevakajaline مورد بحث روز؛ امروزی ajankohtainend'actualité מְעִנייַנֵי הַשָׁעָה सामयिक aktualan aktuális aktual mál dagsins, það sem er efst á baugid'attualità,attuale 話題の 시사 문제를 다룬, 시국에 관한 aktualus aktuāls semasaactueelaktuellaktualny په موضوع پورې مربوط، په ورځنيو جرياناتو پورې تړلى: سيمه ييز، موضعيactual de actualitateактуальный aktuálny aktualen aktuelan aktuell เกี่ยวกับเรื่องที่ได้รับความสนใจในขณะนั้น güncel aktüel 熱門話題 актуальний, животрепетний حالات حاضرہ سے متعلق có tính chất thời sự当前热门话题的
ˈtopically adverb
aktueel بأهميَّه آنِيَّه актуално de modo atualizado aktuálněaktuell aktuelt επίκαιρα con actualidad päevakajaliselt امروزی بودن ajankohtaisesti de manière actuelle מִבחִינָת הַאַקטוּאָלִיוּת प्रासंगिकता से, आधुनिकता से aktualno időszerűen, aktuálisan secara aktual varðandi mál dagsins (in maniera attuale) 話題として 시국적으로 aktualiai aktuāli semasaactueelaktueltaktualnie معاصر de modo actualizado la ordinea zileiактуально aktuálne aktualno aktuelno aktuellt, aktualiserande อย่างสนใจในเรื่องนั้น konuya ilişkin 有關時事(目前)地 актуально مقامي، موضوع وار mang tính thời sự 有关时事（当前）地
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topical

→مَوْضِعِيّ aktuální aktuelaktuellεπίκαιροςde actualidad ajankohtainenactuel aktualanattuale 時事的な 시사문제를 다룬actueeldagsaktuellaktualnyatualактуальный aktuell เกี่ยวกับเรื่องที่ได้รับความสนใจในขณะนั้นgüncel có tính thời sự热门的
Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009

top·i·cal

a. tópico-a, rel. a un área localizada.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

topical

adj tópico
English-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.


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