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logistical |
2 definitions found 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]: logistical adj : of or relating to logistics; "logistic requirements" [syn: {logistic}]
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