Hypertext Webster Gateway: "logistic"
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) 1.7 (wn)
logistic
adj : of or relating to logistics; "logistic requirements" [syn: {logistical}]
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