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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. of or relating to logistics;
- Example: "logistic requirements"
[syn: logistic, logistical]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

logistic adj 1: of or relating to logistics; "logistic requirements" [syn: logistic, logistical]