Logistics

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Logistics \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.
        [1913 Webster]


  
     2. 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.
        [PJC]
  
     3. (Math.) A system of arithmetic, in which numbers are
        expressed in a scale of 60; logistic arithmetic.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  logistics
       n : handling an operation that involves providing labor and
           materials be supplied as needed

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  46 Moby Thesaurus words for "logistics":
     accouterment, action, amphibious operations, armament, catering,
     chandlery, combined operations, dry run, endowment, equipment,
     finding, fitting out, fluid operations, furnishing, furnishment,
     investment, maneuver, maneuvers, military operations,
     minor operations, mission, movement, operation, operations,
     outfitting, overseas operations, preparation, procurement,
     providing, provision, provisioning, purveyance, reinforcement,
     replenishment, resupply, retailing, selling, staff work,
     subsidization, subsidy, subvention, supply, supplying, victualing,
     war game, war plans