Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Strategic \Stra*te"gic\, Strategical \Stra*te"gic*al\, a. [Gr. ?
   of or for a general: cf. F. strat['e]gique.]
   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.

Source : WordNet®

strategic
     adj 1: relating to or concerned with strategy; "strategic weapon";
            "the islands are of strategic importance"; "strategic
            considerations" [syn: {strategical}]
     2: highly important to or an integral part of a strategy or
        plan of action especially in war; "a strategic chess
        move"; "strategic withdrawal"; "strategic bombing
        missions"