| Logistical | { } a. [ Gr. &unr_; skilled in calculating, &unr_; to calculate, fr. lo`gos word, number, reckoning: cf. F. logistique. ] 1. Logical. [ Obs. ] Berkeley. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. (Math.) Sexagesimal, or made on the scale of 60; as, logistic, or sexagesimal, arithmetic. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. Of or pertaining to logistics; as, logistic requirements; logistical problems; a logistical nightmare. [ PJC ]
Logistic logarithms, or
Proportional logarithms, certain logarithmic numbers used to shorten the calculation of the fourth term of a proportion of which one of the terms is a given constant quantity, commonly one hour, while the other terms are expressed in minutes and seconds; -- not now used. [ 1913 Webster ]
Variants: Logistic |
| Logistics | n. 1. (Mil.) That branch of the military art which embraces the details of moving and supplying armies. The meaning of the word is by some writers extended to include strategy. H. L. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. By extension: The planning and coordination of the movement of materials, and other details of any large activity, such as a business or a political campaign. [ PJC ] 3. (Math.) A system of arithmetic, in which numbers are expressed in a scale of 60; logistic arithmetic. [ 1913 Webster ] |
