Stra*te"gic (?), Stra*te"gic*al, a. [Gr. of or for a general: cf. F. strat'egique.]

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.

 

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