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[LOGISTIC.] 1. Math .: The same as sexagesimal arithmetic, that is, that system of arithmetic in which numbers are expre ed in the scale of sixty. The use of this scale is almost entirely confined to trigonometrical operations for expre ing fractional parts of a cir cumference, or of a right angle. 2. Mil .: That branch of military science or art which deals with the comparative warlike resources of countries between which war is likely to break out, and also with the conditions under which it has to be conducted, the means of transit, resources of food, geographical features, climate, .