Tactical
Dry Definitions
According to Design Tactique, by Nolwenn Maudet:
"initiatives that seek to directly and explicitly counter existing platforms, services or applications."
According to the Cambridge Dictionary:
(1) Relating to tactics or done in order to achieve something.
- "It was a tactical vote."
(2) Tactical weapons are for use over short distances and, especially in the case of nuclear weapons, have a local effect only.
(3) In business English: Relating to the methods used to achieve a particular result.
- "He has plenty of tactical ability and is a great organizer."
- "The tactical advantage offered by cash is flexibility."
- "A tactical error/mistake They made a tactical error by coming in with an offer that was so unrealistic."
- "A tactical decision/move Analysts have largely viewed his resignation as a tactical move."
- "The rise of tactical voting."
According to Merriam-Webster:
(1) Of or relating to combat tactics: such as:
- (a) Of or occurring at the battlefront.
- (b) Using or being weapons or forces employed at the battlefront.
- (c) Of an air force: Of, relating to, or designed for air attack in close support of friendly ground forces.
(2) Of or relating to tactics: such as:
- (a) Of or relating to small-scale actions serving a larger purpose.
- (b) Made or carried out with only a limited or immediate end in view.
- (c) Adroit in planning or maneuvering to accomplish a purpose.
XPUB Definition
(1) A method that is considered, planned, and designed to outmanouver an opposition, in order to achieve a predefined goal.
(2) An object, any object, featuring one or more or all of the following features:
- A camouflage pattern
- Hard plastics on cloth
- Inexplicable metal bits
- A matte black paintjob
- Inscriptions of 'cool' and/or 'badass' imagery (i.e. skulls, predator animals, predator animal skulls)
- Attachment rail(s)
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Meeting Methods (15/01/2025 && 22/01/2025)
Related References
XPUB definition 1 was paraphrased from the following sources:
- Design tactique, by Nolwenn Maudet: https://declarations.style/drafts/tactical-design.html#fn:16
- Cambridge Dictionary definitions of 'Tactical': https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/tactical
- Merriam-Webster definitions of 'Tactical': https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tactical