'Logistic' definitions:
Definition of 'logistic'
From: WordNet
adjective
Of or relating to logistics; "logistic requirements" [syn: logistic, logistical]
Definition of 'Logistic'
From: GCIDE
- Logistic \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. [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]