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}]
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