STRATEGIC
strategic
(adjective) 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”
strategic, strategical
(adjective) relating to or concerned with strategy; “strategic weapon”; “the islands are of strategic importance”; “strategic considerations”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
strategic (comparative more strategic, superlative most strategic)
of or pertaining to strategy
Synonyms: strategical, strategetic (rare), strategetical (rare)
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Source: Wiktionary
Stra*te"gic, Stra*te"gic*al, a. Etym: [Gr. stratégique.]
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition