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Meaning of LOGISTIC

Pronunciation:  low'jistik

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 Definition: [adj]  of or relating to logistics; "logistic requirements"
 
 Synonyms: logistical
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Lo*gis"tic\, Logistical \Lo*gis"tic*al\, a. [Gr. ?
skilled in calculating, ? to calculate, fr. lo`gos word,
number, reckoning: cf. F. logistique.]
1. Logical. [Obs.] --Berkeley.

2. (Math.) Sexagesimal, or made on the scale of 60; as,
   logistic, or sexagesimal, arithmetic.

{Logistic}, 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.

 

 

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