strategic Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective relating to or concerned with strategy
    strategical.
    • strategic weapon
    • the islands are of strategic importance
    • strategic considerations
  2. adjective satellite 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

WordNet

Stra*te"gic, Stra*te"gic*al adjective (Also<
  • Strategic
  • Strategical
)
Etymology
Gr. of or for a general: cf. F. stratégique.
Definitions
  1. Of or pertaining to strategy; effected by artifice. -- Stra*te"gic*al*ly, adv.

Webster 1913