tactical

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US /ˈtæktɪk(ə)l/
adj noun Freq #8626

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    of or pertaining to tactic or tactics

    a tactical error

  2. 2
    adj

    Of or relating to tactics.

    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.

  3. 3
    adj

    Of or relating to military operations that are smaller or more local than strategic ones.

    tactical nuclear weapon

  4. 4
    noun

    A combinator of proof tactics.

    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.

  5. 5
    adj

    Adroit, skilful or ingenious.

  6. 6
    adj

    Having a military appearance, typically with accessories such as a bipod, adjustable stock, detachable magazine or black coloration.

  7. 7
    noun

    A private war reenactment event involving mock battles or skirmishes.

Etymology

From tactic + -al.

Thesaurus

Word family
Derived forms nontacticaltacnuketacticallytacticooltactleneck

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