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lo·gis·tics (-tiks)

noun

  1. the branch of military science having to do with procuring, maintaining, and transporting materiel, personnel, and facilities
  2. the managing of the details of an undertaking

Etymology: Fr logistique < logis, lodgings (< loger, to quarter: see lodge): form as if < ML logisticus: see logistic

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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