logistic

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   relating to the detailed organization and movement of people, materials, or equipment

   The expedition failed because of logistic problems with transport and supplies.

2. 2
   adj

   relating to a logistic function or logistic model in mathematics and statistics

   The researchers fitted a logistic curve to the population data.

3. 3
   noun

   historical: symbolic or mathematical logic treated as a formal calculus

   Russell used logistic to distinguish modern mathematical logic from traditional syllogistic.

The logic and mathematical senses descend through French logistique from Greek logistikos ("skilled in calculation"), from logos ("reason, reckoning"). The supply-and-organization sense developed through French logistique in military use and later broadened.

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