{ 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.