Logistic

POS

Adjective, Noun

HYPHEN

lo=gis=tic

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Adjective Logistic has 1 sense

logistic(a = adj.pert) logistical - of or relating to logistics; "logistic requirements"

Derived form noun logistics₁

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CIDE DICTIONARY

Logistic, a. [Gr. skilled in calculating, to calculate, fr. lo`gos word, number, reckoning: cf. F. logistique.].

Logical. Berkeley. [1913 Webster]
Sexagesimal, or made on the scale of 60; as, logistic, or sexagesimal, arithmetic. [1913 Webster]
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.