logistics Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun handling an operation that involves providing labor and materials be supplied as needed

WordNet


Lo*gis"tics noun
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913