topical

topical
    adj 1: pertaining to the surface of a body part; "a drug for
           topical (or local) application"; "a topical anesthesia"
    2: of or relating to or arranged by topics; "a detailed record
       on both a chronological and a topical basis"
    3: of interest at the present time; "a topical reference"; "a
       topical and timely study of civil liberty"
    

Topical \Top"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. topique, LL. topicus, Gr. ?. See
   {Topic}, n.]
   1. Of or pertaining to a place; limited; logical application;
      as, a topical remedy; a topical claim or privilege.
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   2. (Rhet. & logic) Pertaining to, or consisting of, a topic
      or topics; according to topics.
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   3. Resembling a topic, or general maxim; hence, not
      demonstrative, but merely probable, as an argument.
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            Evidences of fact can be no more than topical and
            probable. --Sir M. Hale.
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38 Moby Thesaurus words for "topical":
      actual, as is, being, confined, contemporaneous, contemporary,
      current, existent, existing, extant, fresh, geographically limited,
      immanent, immediate, instant, insular, latest, limited, local,
      localized, modern, new, of a place, parochial, present,
      present-age, present-day, present-time, provincial, running,
      superficial, that be, that is, thematic, timely, up-to-date,
      up-to-the-minute, vernacular