Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

, those logarithms (devised by John Speidell, 1619) of which the
base is 2.7182818; -- so called from Napier, the inventor of
logarithms.

   {Logistic} or {Proportionallogarithms.}, See under
      {Logistic}.

Logistic \Lo*gis"tic\, Logistical \Lo*gis"tic*al\, a. [Gr. ?
   skilled in calculating, ? to calculate, fr. lo`gos word,
   number, reckoning: cf. F. logistique.]
   1. Logical. [Obs.] --Berkeley.

   2. (Math.) 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.

Logistic \Lo*gis"tic\, Logistical \Lo*gis"tic*al\, a. [Gr. ?
   skilled in calculating, ? to calculate, fr. lo`gos word,
   number, reckoning: cf. F. logistique.]
   1. Logical. [Obs.] --Berkeley.

   2. (Math.) 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.

Source : WordNet®

logistic
     adj : of or relating to logistics; "logistic requirements" [syn: {logistical}]