Hypertext Webster Gateway: "strategic"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Strategic \Stra*te"gic\, Strategical \Stra*te"gic*al\, a. [Gr. ?
of or for a general: cf. F. strat['e]gique.]
Of or pertaining to strategy; effected by artifice. --
{Stra*te"gic*al*ly}, adv.
{Strategic line} (Mil.), a line joining strategic points.
{Strategic point} (Mil.), any point or region in the theater
or warlike operations which affords to its possessor an
advantage over his opponent, as a mountain pass, a
junction of rivers or roads, a fortress, etc.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
strategic
adj 1: relating to or concerned with strategy; "strategic weapon";
"the islands are of strategic importance"; "strategic
considerations" [syn: {strategical}]
2: highly important to or an integral part of a strategy or
plan of action especially in war; "a strategic chess
move"; "strategic withdrawal"; "strategic bombing
missions"
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