| Logistical | { } a. [ Gr. &unr_; skilled in calculating, &unr_; 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 ]
Variants: Logistic |
