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logistic


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  ,  those  logarithms  (devised  by  John  Speidell  1619)  of  which  the 
  base  is  2.7182818;  --  so  called  from  Napier,  the  inventor  of 
  logarithms. 
 
  {Logistic}  or  {Proportionallogarithms.},  See  under 
  {Logistic}. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  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 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  logistic 
  adj  :  of  or  relating  to  logistics;  "logistic  requirements"  [syn:  {logistical}] 




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