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Logistics   Listen
noun
Logistics  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.
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.
3.
(Math.) A system of arithmetic, in which numbers are expressed in a scale of 60; logistic arithmetic.





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"Logistics" Quotes from Famous Books



... 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 is ...
— The 2002 CIA World Factbook • US Government


Words linked to "Logistics" :   supplying, logistic, provision, logistical


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