topical (redirected from Topical application)

top·i·cal  (tp-kl)

adj.

1. Of or belonging to a particular location or place; local.

2. Currently of interest; contemporary.

3. Medicine

a. Of or applied to a localized area of the body or to the surface of a body part.

b. Of or relating to a drug applied topically.

4. Of, arranged by, or relating to a particular topic or topics.

n.

A topical anesthetic.

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[From Greek topikos, from topos, place.]

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topi·cali·ty (-kl-t) n.

topi·cal·ly adv.

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topical [ˈtɒpɪk^əl]

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

topicality  [ˌtɒpɪˈkælɪtɪ] n

topically  adv

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	topical - 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 topics; "a detailed record on both a chronological and a topical basis"
	3.	topical - 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

adjective current, popular, contemporary, up-to-date, up-to-the-minute, newsworthy They discuss topical issues within a Christian framework.

Translations

topical [ˈtɒpɪkəl] ADJ

1. (= of current interest) → de interés actual, de actualidad
a highly topical question → un tema de gran actualidad
topical talk → charla f sobre cuestiones del día

2. (US) → local

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topical [ˈtɒpɪk^əl] adj → d'actualité
a topical issue → un sujet d'actualité

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topical

adj

problem, speech, event → aktuell; he made a few topical remarks/allusions → er ging kurz auf aktuelle Geschehnisse ein/spielte kurz auf aktuelle Geschehnisse an

(= according to subject) topical index → Sachregister nt

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topical [ˈtɒpɪk/əl] adj → d'attualità
a highly topical question → un argomento di grande attualità

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topical → موضعي aktuální aktuel aktuell επίκαιρος de actualidad ajankohtainen actuel topikalan attuale 時事的な 시사문제를 다룬 actueel dagsaktuell aktualny actual, atual актуальный aktuell เกี่ยวกับเรื่องที่ได้รับความสนใจในขณะนั้น güncel có tính thời sự 论题的