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tactical

tactical

English

Adjective

tactical ‎(not comparable)

of, or relating to tactics
- 2012 June 2, Phil McNulty, “England 1-0 Belgium”, in BBC Sport:
  As in the 1-0 win against Norway in Oslo, this was an England performance built on the foundations of solid defence and tactical discipline.
of, or relating to military operations that are smaller or more local than strategic ones
adroit, skilful or ingenious
(firearms) having a military appearance, typically with accessories such as a bipod, adjustable stock, detachable magazine or black coloration

Derived terms

tactically
tactical aeromedical evacuation
tactical air command center
tactical air commander
tactical air control center
tactical air control party
tactical air coordinator
tactical air direction center
tactical airfield fuel dispensing system
tactical air groups
tactical air officer
tactical air operation
tactical air operations center
tactical air reconnaissance
tactical air support
tactical air support element
tactical air transport operations
tactical assembly area
tactical call sign
tactical combat force
tactical concept
tactical control
tactical deception group
tactical digital information link
tactical diversion
tactical event system

tactical exploitation of national capabilities
tactical information processing and interpretation system
tactical intelligence
tactical intelligence and related activities
tactical level of war
tactical loading
tactical locality
tactical-logistical group
tactical map
tactical minefield
tactical mining
tactical nuclear weapon employment
tactical obstacles
tactical operations center
tactical range
tactical reserve
tactical security
tactical sub-concept
tactical transport aircraft
tactical troops
tactical unit
tactical vehicle
tactical warning
tactical warning and assessment
tactical warning and attack assessment

Translations

of or relating to tactics

Armenian: տակտիկական (hy) ‎(taktikakan)
Catalan: tàctic, m, tàctica, f
Czech: taktický (cs) m
Dutch: tactisch (nl)
Finnish: taktinen (fi)
French: tactique (fr)
German: taktisch (de)

Greek: τακτικός (el) ‎(taktikós)
Italian: tattico (all senses)
Polish: taktyczny (pl)
Portuguese: tático (pt)
Russian: тактический (ru) ‎(taktičeskij)
Spanish: táctico (es), estratégico
Swedish: taktisk (sv)

Noun

tactical ‎(plural tacticals)

(computing) a combinator of proof tactics
- 2013, Adam Chlipala, Certified Programming with Dependent Types:
  The repeat that we use here is called a tactical, or tactic combinator. The behavior of repeat t is to loop through running t, running t on all generated subgoals, running t on their generated subgoals, and so on. When t fails at any point in this search tree, that particular subgoal is left to be handled by later tactics.