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tactical | null |

As an adjective tactical

is of, or relating to tactics.

As a noun null is

zero, nil; the cardinal number before einn.

tactical

English

Adjective

(-)
  • of, or relating to tactics
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2012 , date=June 2 , author= Phil McNulty , title=England 1-0 Belgium , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=As in the 1-0 win against Norway in Oslo, this was an England performance built on the foundations of solid defence and tactical discipline.}}
  • of, or relating to military operations that are smaller or more local than strategic ones
  • adroit, skilful or ingenious
  • (firearms) having a military appearance, typically with accessories such as a bipod, adjustable stock, detachable magazine or black coloration
  • Derived terms

    * tactically * tactical aeromedical evacuation * tactical air command center * tactical air commander * tactical air control center * tactical air control party * tactical air coordinator * tactical air direction center * tactical airfield fuel dispensing system * tactical air groups * tactical air officer * tactical air operation * tactical air operations center * tactical air reconnaissance * tactical air support * tactical air support element * tactical air transport operations * tactical assembly area * tactical call sign * tactical combat force * tactical concept * tactical control * tactical deception group * tactical digital information link * tactical diversion * tactical event system * tactical exploitation of national capabilities * tactical information processing and interpretation system * tactical intelligence * tactical intelligence and related activities * tactical level of war * tactical loading * tactical locality * tactical-logistical group * tactical map * tactical minefield * tactical mining * tactical nuclear weapon employment * tactical obstacles * tactical operations center * tactical range * tactical reserve * tactical security * tactical sub-concept * tactical transport aircraft * tactical troops * tactical unit * tactical vehicle * tactical warning * tactical warning and assessment * tactical warning and attack assessment

    null

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A non-existent or empty value or set of values.
  • Zero]] quantity of [[expression, expressions; nothing.
  • (Francis Bacon)
  • Something that has no force or meaning.
  • (computing) the ASCII or Unicode character (), represented by a zero value, that indicates no character and is sometimes used as a string terminator.
  • (computing) the attribute of an entity that has no valid value.
  • Since no date of birth was entered for the patient, his age is null .
  • One of the beads in nulled work.
  • (statistics) null hypothesis
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having no validity, "null and void"
  • insignificant
  • * 1924 , Marcel Proust, Within a Budding Grove :
  • In proportion as we descend the social scale our snobbishness fastens on to mere nothings which are perhaps no more null than the distinctions observed by the aristocracy, but, being more obscure, more peculiar to the individual, take us more by surprise.
  • absent or non-existent
  • (mathematics) of the null set
  • (mathematics) of or comprising a value of precisely zero
  • (genetics, of a mutation) causing a complete loss of gene function, amorphic.
  • Derived terms

    * nullity

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • to nullify; to annul
  • (Milton)

    See also

    * nil ----