{ Stra*te"gic (?), Stra*te"gic*al, } a. [Gr.
&?; of or for
a general: cf. F. stratégique.]
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.