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Noun

  1. A manoeuvre, or action calculated to achieve some end.


Translations

Adjective

  1. Describing a polymer whose repeat units are identical


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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Tactic \Tac"tic\, n.
See Tactics.
[1913 Webster]
GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Tactic \Tac"tic\, Tactical \Tac"tic*al\, a. [Gr. taktiko`s. See
tactics.]
Of or pertaining to military or naval tactics; hence,
pertaining to, or characterized by, planning or maneuvering
for the short term; -- contrasted with strategic, planning
for the long term.
-- Tac"tic*al*ly, adv.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
WordNet tactic
n : a plan for attaining a particular goal [syn: maneuver, manoeuvre]
Moby Dictionary
action , ad hoc measure , answer , art , artful dodge , artifice , blind ,
campaign , caper , chicanery , conspiracy , contrivance , countermove ,
coup , course of action , craft , cute trick , deceit , demarche ,
design , device , dodge , effort , engineering , expedient , fakement ,
feint , fetch , gambit , game , generalship , gimmick , grift ,
improvisation , intrigue , jugglery , jury-rig , jury-rigged expedient ,
knavery , last expedient , last resort , last shift , little game ,
makeshift , maneuver , means , measure , military operations , move ,
orchestration , pis aller , plan , plans , plot , ploy , racket ,
red herring , resort , resource , ruse , scheme , shake-up , shift ,
sleight , solution , step , stopgap , stratagem , strategy , stroke ,
stroke of policy , subterfuge , tactics , tactual ,
temporary expedient , trick , trickery , trump , wile , wily device ,
working hypothesis , working proposition


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