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logistics

Pronunciation:  low'jistiks

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Matching Terms:  logistic, logistic assessment, logistic assistance, logistic support, logistical, logistician

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  handling an operation that involves providing labor and materials be supplied as needed
 
 See Also: provision, supply, supplying

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Lo*gis"tics\, n.
1. (Mil.) That branch of the military art which embraces the
   details of moving and supplying armies. The meaning of the
   word is by some writers extended to include strategy. --H.
   L. Scott.

2. (Math.) A system of arithmetic, in which numbers are
   expressed in a scale of 60; logistic arithmetic.

 
Glossary
 
 Definition: the process of transporting, supplying and supporting a field project.
 
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