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noun

Logistics n.

(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.

By extension: The planning and coordination of the movement of materials, and other details of any large activity, such as a business or a political campaign.

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

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Etymology of 'Logistics'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Logistics" Quotes from Famous Books

... of the sword. battle array, campaign, crusade, expedition, operations; mobilization; state of siege; battlefield, theater of operations &c. (arena) 728; warpath. art of war, tactics, strategy, castrametation[obs3]; generalship; soldiership; logistics; military evolutions, ballistics, gunnery; chivalry. gunpowder, shot. battle, tug of war &c. (contention) 720; service, campaigning, active service, tented field; kriegspiel[Ger], Kriegsspiel[Ger]; fire ...

— Roget's Thesaurus

... Tonga Defense Services (made up of three operational command components and two support elements, including the Royal Marines, Royal Guards, Maritime Force, a support/logistics group, and a training group), Police; note - a new air wing that will be subordinate to the Ministry of Defense ...

— The 2003 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency

Words linked to "Logistics" : provision, logistical, supply