Meaning of LOGISTICS
| Pronunciation: | | low'jistiks
|
 WordNet Dictionary |
| |
| | Definition: | | [n] handling an operation that involves providing labor and materials be supplied as needed |
| |
| | Websites: | |
|
| |
| | 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.
|
| |
| | Websites: | |
|
| |
| Glossary |
| |
| | Definition: | | the process of transporting, supplying and supporting a field project. |
| |
| | Websites: | |
|
| |
| Thesaurus Terms |
| |
| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
| |
|
|
|