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“tactic”
1. The military science that deals with securing objectives set by strategy; especially, the technique of deploying and directing troops, ships, and aircraft in effective maneuvers against an enemy: "Tactics is a required course at all military academies."
2. Maneuvers used against an enemy: "Guerrilla tactics were employed during most of the war."
3. A procedure or set of maneuvers engaged in to achieve an end, an aim, or a goal.
2. Maneuvers used against an enemy: "Guerrilla tactics were employed during most of the war."
3. A procedure or set of maneuvers engaged in to achieve an end, an aim, or a goal.
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-ics, -tics [-ac after i]
(page 33)
tang-, tact-, tast-, ting-, -tig -tag, -teg-
(page 5)
taxi-, tax-, taxo-, taxio-, -taxia, -taxis, -taxy, tact-, -tactic, -tactical, -tactics
(page 9)
(Greek: arrangement, order, put in order, orientation; the movements or directed responses of motile organisms to stimuli, as indicated by the combining roots)