Logistic
Logistic , adjective
[Greek {not transcribed} skilled in calculating, {not transcribed} to calculate, from lo`gos word, number, reckoning: compare French logistique.]
1.
Logical. [Obsolete] — Berkeley
2.
(Mathematics) Sexagesimal, or made on the scale of 60; as, logistic, or sexagesimal, arithmetic.
3.
Of or pertaining to logistics; as, logistic requirements; logistical problems; a logistical nightmare.
Collocations (1)
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.
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