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