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Webster 1913 Edition


Tactics

Tac′tics

,
Noun.
[Gr.
τακτικά
pl., and
τακτική
(sc.
τέχνη
, sing., fr.
τακτικόσ
fit for ordering or arranging, fr.
τάσσειν
,
τάττειν
, to put in order, to arrange: cf. F.
tactique
.]
1.
The science and art of disposing military and naval forces in order for battle, and performing military and naval evolutions. It is divided into grand tactics, or the tactics of battles, and elementary tactics, or the tactics of instruction.
2.
Hence, any system or method of procedure.

Webster 1828 Edition


Tactics

TAC'TICS

,
Noun.
[Gr. to set, to appoint.] See Tack.]
1.
The science and art of disposing military and naval forces in order for battle and performing military and naval evolutions. In the most extensive sense, tactics, la grande tactique of the French, comprehends every thing that relates to the order, formation and disposition of armies, their encampments, &c.
2.
The art of inventing and making machines for throwing darts, arrows, stones and other missile weapons.

Definition 2024


tactics

tactics

English

Noun

tactics

  1. plural of tactic

Noun

tactics (uncountable)

  1. (military) The military science that deals with achieving the objectives set by strategy.
  2. (military) The employment and ordered arrangement of forces in relation to each other[1].

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References

  1. Joint Publication 1-02 U.S. Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms; 12 April 2001 (As Amended Through 14 April 2006).