Definition of: tactics

(tak′tiks) noun plural
1. The science and art of military and naval evolutions; specifically, the art of handling troops in the presence of the enemy or for immediate objectives, as distinguished from strategy: construed as singular.
2. Any maneuvering or adroit management to effect an object. [<Gk. taktika, plural of taktikos suitable for arranging or organizing <tassein, tattein arrange, order]