Definition of Tactic

1. Noun. A plan for attaining a particular goal.

Exact synonyms: Maneuver, Manoeuvre, Tactics
Generic synonyms: Plan Of Action
Derivative terms: Manoeuvre, Tactical, Tactical, Tactician

Definition of Tactic

1. a. Of or pertaining to the art of military and naval tactics.

2. n. See Tactics.

Definition of Tactic

1. Noun. A manoeuvre, or action calculated to achieve some end. ¹

2. Adjective. (chemistry) Describing a polymer whose repeat units are identical ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Tactic

1. a maneuver for gaining an objective [n -S] : TACTICAL [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tactic

tacolike
taconic
taconite
taconites
tacops
tacos
tacrine
tacrines
tacrolimus
tact
tactable
tactful
tactfully
tactfulness
tactfulnesses
tactic (current term)
tactical
tactical aeromedical evacuation
tactical aeromedical evacuations
tactical air command centers
tactical air commander
tactical air commanders
tactical air control center
tactical air control centers
tactical call sign
tactical call signs
tactical intelligence
tactical maneuver
tactical manoeuvre
tactical realism

Literary usage of Tactic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A View of the Formation, Discipline and Economy of Armies by Robert Jackson (1845)
"The system of tactic under which troops are trained for war, ... Independently of the relative value of different systems of tactic in their scientific ..."

2. A History of Rome: Amply Illustrated with Maps, Plans, and Engravings by Robert Fowler Leighton (1885)
"The tactic Order.—The tactic order of the maniple, as can be seen from the annexed figure, shows that the gen- —i i—i i—i en en cm cm cm cm cm i—i i—i en en ..."

3. The Collected Mathematical Papers of James Joseph Sylvester by James Joseph Sylvester (1908)
"CONCLUDING PAPER ON tactic. [Philosophical Magazine, xxn. (1861), pp. 45—54.] IN my tactical paper in the May Number of this Magazine [p. ..."

4. A History of Rome by Robert Fowler Leighton (1880)
"The tactic Order.— The tactic order of the maniple, as can be seen from the annexed figure, shows that the gen- i — ii — ii — ii — ii — ii — i ..."

5. Essays on the Materialistic Conception of History by Antonio Labriola (1908)
"last years a new tactic has arisen. Therein lies aU the change. ... But this scheme does not fix in any invariable fashion a tactic of war, which indeed had ..."

6. Essays on the Materialistic Conception of History by Antonio Labriola (1908)
"j last years a new tactic has arisen. Therein lies att | the change.* The Manifesto was designed for nothing else than the first guiding thread to a science ..."

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