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Tactic [\N] Webster's Dictionary 1828

TAC'TIC

Tactic [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Pertaining to the art of military and naval dispositions for battle, evolutions, etc.

Tactic [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Alt. of Tactical

Tactic [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

See Tactics.

Tactical [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Of or pertaining to the art of military and naval tactics.

Tactician [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

One versed in tactics.

Tactician [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

One versed in tactics; hence, a skillful maneuverer; an adroit manager.

Tactics [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. See Tack .]

2. 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, etc.

3. The art of inventing and making machines for throwing darts, arrows, stones and other missile weapons.

Tactics [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.

Tactics Encyclopedia Britannica

TACTICS. See War.

9th ed. Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 23, p. 21
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