logistic

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From French logistique, from Ancient Greek λογιστικός (logistikós, “practiced in arithmetic; rational”), from λογίζομαι (logízomai, “I reason, I calculate”), from λόγος (lógos, “reason, computation”), whence English logos, logic, logarithm, etc.; modern mathematical use influenced by related logarithmic. Sense of “logistic function” by Pierre François Verhulst (1845) in French, then borrowed into English. Verhulst does not explain his choice of naming, but he contrasts it with the logarithmic curve (also from λόγος (lógos)), and it is presumably by analogy with arithmetic and geometric (other divisions of mathematics), as his discussion of arithmetic growth and geometric growth precede his discussion of logistic growth. The term logistic and logistical also found occasional mathematical use in English prior to 1800, from the same Greek origin.

From French logistique, from loger (“to lodge”) or logis (“lodging place”).

20 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: مَنْطِقِيّ رَمْزِيّ (manṭiqiyy ramziyy) — mathematics: relating to symbolic logic
• Catalan: logístic — mathematics: relating to symbolic logic
• Dutch: logistisch — mathematics: relating to symbolic logic
• French: logistique — mathematics: relating to symbolic logic
• Polish: logistyczny — mathematics: relating to symbolic logic
• Catalan: logístic — statistics: relating to the logistic function
• Dutch: logistisch — statistics: relating to the logistic function
• French: logistique — statistics: relating to the logistic function
• Polish: logistyczny — statistics: relating to the logistic function
• Catalan: logístic — relating to logistics
• Dutch: logistiek — relating to logistics
• French: logistique — relating to logistics
• Greek: λογιστικός (logistikós) — relating to logistics
• Italian: logistico — relating to logistics
• Polish: logistyczny — relating to logistics
• Portuguese: logístico — relating to logistics
• Romanian: logistic — relating to logistics
• Spanish: logístico — relating to logistics
• French: logistique — mathematics: logistic function
• Polish: funkcja logistyczna — mathematics: logistic function