{ } a. [ Gr. &unr_; of or for a general: cf. F. stratégique. ] Of or pertaining to strategy; effected by artifice. -- Stra*te"gic*al*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]
(adj) relating to or concerned with strategy, Syn. strategical, Example:strategic weapon; the islands are of strategic importance; strategic considerations
(adj) highly important to or an integral part of a strategy or plan of action especially in war, Example:a strategic chess move; strategic withdrawal; strategic bombing missions
(n) negotiations between the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics opened in 1969 in Helsinki designed to limit both countries' stock of nuclear weapons, Syn. SALT