1. (n.) of or pertaining to a place; limited; logical application; as, a topical remedy; a topical claim or privilege.

2. (n.) Pertaining to, or consisting of, a topic or topics; according to topics.

3. (n.) Resembling a topic, or general maxim; hence, not demonstrative, but merely probable, as an argument.

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