From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
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. 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. [PJC]
3. (Math.) A system of arithmetic, in which numbers are expressed in a scale of 60; logistic arithmetic.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: handling an operation that involves providing labor and materials be supplied as needed
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
46 Moby Thesaurus words for "logistics": 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
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