tacticaladj.

/ˈtaktɪkəl/

Etymology: < Greek τακτικός (see tactic adj.¹, tactic n.¹) + -al suffix¹: see -ical suffix. (This appears to be the earliest in use of the words of the group.)

a. Of or pertaining to (military or naval) tactics. tactical point: a point of place of importance in the disposition of forces. tactical unit: see quot. 1879.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > war > war as profession or skill > [adjective] > tactics

tactical1570

tactic1604

1570 J. Dee in H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. Math. Præf. sig. aiiij^v Stratarithmetrie..differreth from the Feate Tacticall, De aciebus instruendis. bycause, there, is necessary the wisedome and foresight, to what purpose he so ordreth the men: and Skillfull hability, also, for any occasion, or purpose, to deuise and vse the aptest and most necessary order, array and figure of his Company and Summe of men.

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Tactical, belonging to Martial Array.

1777 W. Dalrymple Trav. Spain & Portugal lvi Military books had been bought up in all languages for the use of this tactical school.

1836 Fraser's Mag. 14 453 We have actually seen them form a hollow square..with the most perfect tactical accuracy.

1879 Soldiering in Cassell's Techn. Educator IV. 320/1 The largest number of men..to whom one man can issue personal orders..called in infantry the ‘tactical unit’ or unit of manœuvre.

1884 Instr. Mil. Engin. (ed. 3) I. ii. 14 The first and second lines would be taken from the same tactical unit, each battalion having half a battalion in the front line.

b. Of aerial bombing, a bomb, etc.: directed at a target of immediate military value in order to support ground forces directly; (of an aircraft) designed or used for this purpose. Frequently contrasted with strategic (strategic adj. 1b).

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > hostilities in the air > [adjective] > supporting ground forces

tactical1918

1918 Illustr. London News 15 June 696/2 One divides bombing work thus into Strategic and Tactical bombing.

1922 Flight 24 Aug. 488/1 Tactical bombing and ‘trench-strafing’, etc., in battles in accordance with the plans and under the command of the naval or military officer in charge of the operations.

1941 A. O. Pollard Bombers over Reich xv. 208 Tactical bombing replaces..the long-range attacks on objectives far behind the lines.

1958 Listener 11 Sept. 376/2 I believe that the initiation by the West of the use of small tactical bombs on a battlefield in Europe would prove disastrous to NATO forces.

1977 R.A.F. News 11 May 6 (advt.) A two-seater all-weather tactical interdictor and attack bomber.

2001 Independent on Sunday (Nexis) 21 Oct. 2 The [anti-terrorism] coalition had switched from strategic bombing to tactical attacks, with the deployment of..strike aircraft like the F-15E, without which special forces operations could not go ahead.

c. Designating nuclear weapons intended for short-range use against an enemy's forces. Opposed to strategic adj. 1d.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > [adjective] > nuclear > qualities of

clean1956

low-yield1957

strategic1957

tactical1957

small-yield1959

theatre1977

INF1981

1957 Listener 26 Dec. 1056/1 Nobody has managed..to draw an effective distinction between ‘strategic’ and ‘tactical’ atomic weapons.

1968 Observer 31 Mar. 25/1 Consider the weapons that have become operational for the first time in the past 20 years. They include the H-bomb and the so-called ‘tactical’ A-bombs.

1970 Toronto Daily Star 24 Sept. 22/5 It is estimated that about 20 lbs. or so would be sufficient for one atomic bomb in the one kiloton range, a so-called tactical bomb with mainly localized effects.

1976 Ld. Home Way Wind Blows xii. 167 The balance of argument through the years moved towards a substantial conventional force, but it was gradually rendered somewhat academic by the introduction of the tactical nuclear weapon.

1979 N. Calder Nucl. Nightmares ii. 35 This definition is..not as sharp as the cynic's version: ‘A tactical nuclear weapon is one that explodes in Germany.’

1979 N. Calder Nucl. Nightmares ii. 35 ‘Tactical’ nuclear weapons can be let off without necessarily signalling a ‘strategic’, all-out exchange between the Soviet Union and the United States.

a. Of or relating to arrangement, esp. the arrangement of procedure with a view to ends.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > intention > planning > [adjective] > planned

compassedc1430

contrivedc1450

imagined1509

castc1540

devised1552

plotted1592

projected1630

brewed1637

forelaid1640

laid1697

calculated1723

planned1728

unspontaneous1791

programmed1845

tactical1876

drafted1877

programmatical1890

programmatic1899

1876 P. G. Tait Lect. Recent Adv. in Physical Sci. (ed. 2) xii. 302 Each in the same tactical order.

1881 Nation (N.Y.) 32 367 With an admirable temper and manners..he combines a good deal of tactical craft.

1893 Times 26 Apr. 9/4 To arrive at an understanding upon tactical details.

b. Relating to the construction of a sentence. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > syntax or word order > [adjective]

syntactical1577

syntaxical1592

syntactic1688

tactical1698

synthetic1778

compositional1815

grammatical1874

taxis1885

syntagmatic1937

lexotactic1966

1698 W. Cross (title) The Taghmical Art: or the Art of Expounding Scripture By the Points usually called Accents, But are really Tactical.

3. Of a person, his actions, etc.: Characterized by skilful tactics; skilful in devising means to ends.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > [adjective] > ingenious

craftlyOE

craftyOE

quainta1250

enginefulc1400

maliciousc1425

industriousc1487

curious1489

ingenious1576

daedal1590

Daedalian1607

fertile-headed1632

knacky1710

supple1710

tricksome1821

tactical1883

tricky1887

fertile-brained1894

the mind > will > intention > planning > [adjective] > and directing > skilful (in planning)

tactical1883

1883 Manch. Examiner 26 Nov. 5/3 The address of the French Ambassador was admirably tactical.

1884 Manch. Examiner 20 May 5/1 Those who knew M. Ferry as a practical and tactical statesman.

1899 Sir W. Lawson in Daily Chron. 7 Feb. 4/7 All that we want is..an able, an honest, a tactical leader.

4. Mathematics. Of or pertaining to tactic n.¹ (sense 3): opposed to logistical adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > number > mathematical number or quantity > numerical arrangement > [adjective] > of sets > of sequences > series

intermediate1648

converging1728

convergent1816

zeroth1850

tactical1864

oscillatory1893

termwise1903

sociable1964

1864 A. Cayley Coll. Math. Papers V. 293 A tactical operation is one relating to the arrangement in any manner of a set of things.

Derivatives

ˈtactically adv. in a tactical manner; in reference to tactics.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > war > war as profession or skill > [adverb] > tactics

tactically1871

1871 Standard 23 Jan. 3/5 The Prussians..seem to have outmanœuvred the French both strategically and tactically.

1890 W. Stebbing Peterborough ix. 176 The obstinately brave and tactically skilful but uninspired Huguenot [Earl of Galway].

Draft additions 1993

d. tactical voting Politics, the practice of transferring electoral allegiance for tactical purposes, esp. in the hope of denying victory to a third party; also tactical vote, tactical voter.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > election of representative body by vote > proceedings at election > [noun] > registering or casting votes > types of voting

faggot voting1835

faggotry1841

repeating1888

protest voting1935

ticket-splitting1957

tactical voting1974

plumper1761

faggot voter1818

repeater1862

vest-pocket voter1888

swing vote1966

ticket-splitter1972

tactical voter1974

plumper1761

faggot1775

out-vote1790

faggot vote1803

floating vote1847

protest vote1912

tactical vote1974

1974 M. Steed in D. Butler & D. Kavanagh Brit. Gen. Election Feb. 1974 317 Some people who would have voted Labour, had they lived in an average constituency with a full choice of parties, voted Liberal or SNP where a Labour candidate had little or no chance of winning. Thus the theory is one of tactical voting.

1975 Economist 15 Feb. 18/2 In February, the picture was confused, particularly by Labour tactical voters who switched to Liberal.

1981 Guardian Weekly 26 July 5/3 The slashing of the Conservative vote..must have reflected a large measure of tactical voting as Warrington Tories..came to see that they had a chance at last of turning out Labour.

1983 N.Y. Times 31 May i. 3/1 [David Owen] launched into a plea for what the British call a ‘tactical vote’... ‘I'm the one who can keep Labor out.’

1987 Oxf. Times 27 Feb. 14/3 The Liberals..will encourage tactical voting against a Socialist in one constituency and a Tory in another.

1989 Daily Tel. 25 Nov. 15/5 To some extent these tactical voters will be kicking at an open door: from 1995 the [Swiss] army will, by reducing the age limit for military service, shed 100,000 men.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online September 2018).

单词	tactical
释义	tacticaladj. /ˈtaktɪkəl/ Etymology: < Greek τακτικός (see tactic adj.¹, tactic n.¹) + -al suffix¹: see -ical suffix. (This appears to be the earliest in use of the words of the group.) 1. a. Of or pertaining to (military or naval) tactics. tactical point: a point of place of importance in the disposition of forces. tactical unit: see quot. 1879. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > war > war as profession or skill > [adjective] > tactics tactical1570 tactic1604 1570 J. Dee in H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. Math. Præf. sig. aiiij^v Stratarithmetrie..differreth from the Feate Tacticall, De aciebus instruendis. bycause, there, is necessary the wisedome and foresight, to what purpose he so ordreth the men: and Skillfull hability, also, for any occasion, or purpose, to deuise and vse the aptest and most necessary order, array and figure of his Company and Summe of men. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Tactical, belonging to Martial Array. 1777 W. Dalrymple Trav. Spain & Portugal lvi Military books had been bought up in all languages for the use of this tactical school. 1836 Fraser's Mag. 14 453 We have actually seen them form a hollow square..with the most perfect tactical accuracy. 1879 Soldiering in Cassell's Techn. Educator IV. 320/1 The largest number of men..to whom one man can issue personal orders..called in infantry the ‘tactical unit’ or unit of manœuvre. 1884 Instr. Mil. Engin. (ed. 3) I. ii. 14 The first and second lines would be taken from the same tactical unit, each battalion having half a battalion in the front line. b. Of aerial bombing, a bomb, etc.: directed at a target of immediate military value in order to support ground forces directly; (of an aircraft) designed or used for this purpose. Frequently contrasted with strategic (strategic adj. 1b). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > hostilities in the air > [adjective] > supporting ground forces tactical1918 1918 Illustr. London News 15 June 696/2 One divides bombing work thus into Strategic and Tactical bombing. 1922 Flight 24 Aug. 488/1 Tactical bombing and ‘trench-strafing’, etc., in battles in accordance with the plans and under the command of the naval or military officer in charge of the operations. 1941 A. O. Pollard Bombers over Reich xv. 208 Tactical bombing replaces..the long-range attacks on objectives far behind the lines. 1958 Listener 11 Sept. 376/2 I believe that the initiation by the West of the use of small tactical bombs on a battlefield in Europe would prove disastrous to NATO forces. 1977 R.A.F. News 11 May 6 (advt.) A two-seater all-weather tactical interdictor and attack bomber. 2001 Independent on Sunday (Nexis) 21 Oct. 2 The [anti-terrorism] coalition had switched from strategic bombing to tactical attacks, with the deployment of..strike aircraft like the F-15E, without which special forces operations could not go ahead. c. Designating nuclear weapons intended for short-range use against an enemy's forces. Opposed to strategic adj. 1d. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > [adjective] > nuclear > qualities of clean1956 low-yield1957 strategic1957 tactical1957 small-yield1959 theatre1977 INF1981 1957 Listener 26 Dec. 1056/1 Nobody has managed..to draw an effective distinction between ‘strategic’ and ‘tactical’ atomic weapons. 1968 Observer 31 Mar. 25/1 Consider the weapons that have become operational for the first time in the past 20 years. They include the H-bomb and the so-called ‘tactical’ A-bombs. 1970 Toronto Daily Star 24 Sept. 22/5 It is estimated that about 20 lbs. or so would be sufficient for one atomic bomb in the one kiloton range, a so-called tactical bomb with mainly localized effects. 1976 Ld. Home Way Wind Blows xii. 167 The balance of argument through the years moved towards a substantial conventional force, but it was gradually rendered somewhat academic by the introduction of the tactical nuclear weapon. 1979 N. Calder Nucl. Nightmares ii. 35 This definition is..not as sharp as the cynic's version: ‘A tactical nuclear weapon is one that explodes in Germany.’ 1979 N. Calder Nucl. Nightmares ii. 35 ‘Tactical’ nuclear weapons can be let off without necessarily signalling a ‘strategic’, all-out exchange between the Soviet Union and the United States. 2. a. Of or relating to arrangement, esp. the arrangement of procedure with a view to ends. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > intention > planning > [adjective] > planned compassedc1430 contrivedc1450 imagined1509 castc1540 devised1552 plotted1592 projected1630 brewed1637 forelaid1640 laid1697 calculated1723 planned1728 unspontaneous1791 programmed1845 tactical1876 drafted1877 programmatical1890 programmatic1899 1876 P. G. Tait Lect. Recent Adv. in Physical Sci. (ed. 2) xii. 302 Each in the same tactical order. 1881 Nation (N.Y.) 32 367 With an admirable temper and manners..he combines a good deal of tactical craft. 1893 Times 26 Apr. 9/4 To arrive at an understanding upon tactical details. b. Relating to the construction of a sentence. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > syntax or word order > [adjective] syntactical1577 syntaxical1592 syntactic1688 tactical1698 synthetic1778 compositional1815 grammatical1874 taxis1885 syntagmatic1937 lexotactic1966 1698 W. Cross (title) The Taghmical Art: or the Art of Expounding Scripture By the Points usually called Accents, But are really Tactical. 3. Of a person, his actions, etc.: Characterized by skilful tactics; skilful in devising means to ends. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > [adjective] > ingenious craftlyOE craftyOE quainta1250 enginefulc1400 maliciousc1425 industriousc1487 curious1489 ingenious1576 daedal1590 Daedalian1607 fertile-headed1632 knacky1710 supple1710 tricksome1821 tactical1883 tricky1887 fertile-brained1894 the mind > will > intention > planning > [adjective] > and directing > skilful (in planning) tactical1883 1883 Manch. Examiner 26 Nov. 5/3 The address of the French Ambassador was admirably tactical. 1884 Manch. Examiner 20 May 5/1 Those who knew M. Ferry as a practical and tactical statesman. 1899 Sir W. Lawson in Daily Chron. 7 Feb. 4/7 All that we want is..an able, an honest, a tactical leader. 4. Mathematics. Of or pertaining to tactic n.¹ (sense 3): opposed to logistical adj. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > mathematical number or quantity > numerical arrangement > [adjective] > of sets > of sequences > series intermediate1648 converging1728 convergent1816 zeroth1850 tactical1864 oscillatory1893 termwise1903 sociable1964 1864 A. Cayley Coll. Math. Papers V. 293 A tactical operation is one relating to the arrangement in any manner of a set of things. Derivatives ˈtactically adv. in a tactical manner; in reference to tactics. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > war > war as profession or skill > [adverb] > tactics tactically1871 1871 Standard 23 Jan. 3/5 The Prussians..seem to have outmanœuvred the French both strategically and tactically. 1890 W. Stebbing Peterborough ix. 176 The obstinately brave and tactically skilful but uninspired Huguenot [Earl of Galway]. Draft additions 1993 d. tactical voting Politics, the practice of transferring electoral allegiance for tactical purposes, esp. in the hope of denying victory to a third party; also tactical vote, tactical voter. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > election of representative body by vote > proceedings at election > [noun] > registering or casting votes > types of voting faggot voting1835 faggotry1841 repeating1888 protest voting1935 ticket-splitting1957 tactical voting1974 society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > election of representative body by vote > proceedings at election > [noun] > registering or casting votes > types of voting > one who plumper1761 faggot voter1818 repeater1862 vest-pocket voter1888 swing vote1966 ticket-splitter1972 tactical voter1974 society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > election of representative body by vote > proceedings at election > [noun] > registering or casting votes > types of voting > types of vote plumper1761 faggot1775 out-vote1790 faggot vote1803 floating vote1847 protest vote1912 tactical vote1974 1974 M. Steed in D. Butler & D. Kavanagh Brit. Gen. Election Feb. 1974 317 Some people who would have voted Labour, had they lived in an average constituency with a full choice of parties, voted Liberal or SNP where a Labour candidate had little or no chance of winning. Thus the theory is one of tactical voting. 1975 Economist 15 Feb. 18/2 In February, the picture was confused, particularly by Labour tactical voters who switched to Liberal. 1981 Guardian Weekly 26 July 5/3 The slashing of the Conservative vote..must have reflected a large measure of tactical voting as Warrington Tories..came to see that they had a chance at last of turning out Labour. 1983 N.Y. Times 31 May i. 3/1 [David Owen] launched into a plea for what the British call a ‘tactical vote’... ‘I'm the one who can keep Labor out.’ 1987 Oxf. Times 27 Feb. 14/3 The Liberals..will encourage tactical voting against a Socialist in one constituency and a Tory in another. 1989 Daily Tel. 25 Nov. 15/5 To some extent these tactical voters will be kicking at an open door: from 1995 the [Swiss] army will, by reducing the age limit for military service, shed 100,000 men. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < adj.1570
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