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Definition of Logistical

1. Adjective. Of or relating to logistics. "Logistic requirements"

Definition of Logistical

1. Adjective. Relating to logistics. ¹

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Definition of Logistical

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Logistical

1. 1. Logical. 2. Sexagesimal, or made on the scale of 60; as, logistic, or sexagesimal, arithmetic. Logistic, 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. Origin: Gr. Skilled in calculating, to calculate, fr. Word, number, reckoning: cf. F. Logistique. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Logistical

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Institutes of Natural Philosophy: Theoretical and Practical by William Enfield, Alexander Ewing (1811)
"Logistical Logarithms are artificial numbers deduced from common logarithms, ... 1 he numbers which compose the Table of logistical logarithms arc regulated ..."

2. Erased in a Moment: Suicide Bombing Attacks Against Israeli Civilians by Joe Stork (2002)
"FINANCIAL AND Logistical SUPPORT Under international law, those who assist, aid, or abet crimes against humanity are individually ..."

3. An Elementary Treatise on Astronomy: In Two Parts. The First Containing a by John Gummere (1854)
"PROBLEM I. To work, l>y logistical logarithms, a proportion, the terms of which are minutes and seconds of a degree, or of time, or hours and minutes. ..."

4. A Treatise on Astronomy, Spherical and Physical: With Astronomical Problems by William Augustus Norton (1867)
"To find the logistical logarithm of a number less than 3600. ... PROBLEM I. To work, by logistical logarithms, a proportion the terms of which are degrees ..."

5. Stages to Saturn: A Technological History of the Apollo/Saturn Launch Vehicle by Roger E. Bilstein (1999)
"7 The outcome of this réévaluation was a formally organized logistical program that would keep logistical requirements up to date and that would hopefully ..."

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