Hierarchical

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  hierarchic \hi`er*arch"ic\, hierarchical \hi`er*arch"ic*al\, a.
     [Cf. F. hi['e]rarchique.]
     Of or pertaining to a hierarchy; ordered in a hierarchy. --
     {Hi`er*arch`ic*al*ly}, adv.
  
     Syn: hierarchical, hierarchal.


          [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Pertaining to a transitive relation between objects by
        which they may be ordered into a hierarchy; as, a
        hierarchical relation.
        [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  hierarchical
       adj : classified according to various criteria into successive
             levels or layers; "it has been said that only a
             hierarchical society with a leisure class at the top
             can produce works of art"; "in her hierarchical set of
             values honesty comes first" [syn: {hierarchal}, {hierarchic}]
             [ant: {nonhierarchical}]