topical

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.

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[From Greek topikos, from topos, place.]

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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

topicality n

ˈtopically adv

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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; < Greek topik(ós) local, pertaining to commonplaces (see topo-, -ic) + -al¹]

top′i•cal•ly, adv.

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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.

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topical

adjective

Of, constituting, or relating to a theme or themes:

thematic.

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Translations

آني الأهَمِيَّهمَوْضِعِيّ

aktuální

aktuel

aktuellthematisch

επίκαιροςτοπικός

actualde actualidadlocal

ajankohtainen

actueltopique

aktualan

aktuális

mál dagsins, òaî sem er efst á baugi

attualeconforme al temacorrented'attualit...topico

時事的な

시사문제를 다룬

actueel

dagsaktuell

aktualny

atual

актуальный

aktualen

aktuell

güncelgüncel aktüel

có tính thời sự

当前热门话题的热门的

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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topic

(ˈtopik) noun

something spoken or written about; a subject. They discussed the weather and other topics. onderwerp مَوْضوع тема tópico námět das Thema emne θέμαasunto, tema kõneaine, teema موضوع aihe sujetנושא विषय tema, predmet (razgovora) (beszéd)téma topik (umræðu)efni argomento 話題 제목, 화제 tema temats topik onderwerpemnetemat موضوع، عنوان، دخبرې سره tópico subiect тема námet tema tema [samtals]ämne หัวข้อ konu, 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 aktuální aktuell aktuel επίκαιροςactual, de actualidad, de interés actual päevakajaline مورد بحث روز؛ امروزی ajankohtainen d'actualité מְעִנייַנֵי הַשָׁעָה सामयिक aktualan aktuális aktual mál dagsins, það sem er efst á baugi d'attualità, attuale 話題の 시사 문제를 다룬, 시국에 관한 aktualus aktuāls semasa actueelaktuellaktualny په موضوع پورې مربوط، په ورځنيو جرياناتو پورې تړلى: سيمه ييز، موضعي actual de actualitate актуальный 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 aktuálně aktuell 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 semasa actueelaktueltaktualnie معاصر de modo actualizado la ordinea zilei актуально 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 aktuel aktuell επίκαιρος de actualidad ajankohtainen actuel aktualan attuale 時事的な 시사문제를 다룬 actueel dagsaktuell aktualny atual актуальный aktuell เกี่ยวกับเรื่องที่ได้รับความสนใจในขณะนั้น güncel có tính thời sự 热门的

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top·i·cal

a. tópico-a, rel. a un área localizada.

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topical

adj tópico

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