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]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
hierarchically — hierarchy hi‧er‧ar‧chy [ˈhaɪrɑːki ǁ ɑːr ] noun hierarchies PLURALFORM 1. [countable, uncountable] HUMAN RESOURCES an organization or structure in which the staff are organized in levels and the people at one level have authority over those below… … Financial and business terms
hierarchically — adv. Hierarchically is used with these adjectives: ↑organized Hierarchically is used with these verbs: ↑order, ↑structure … Collocations dictionary
hierarchically — adverb in a hierarchical manner hierarchically organized • Derived from adjective: ↑hierarchical … Useful english dictionary
hierarchically — adverb see hierarchical … New Collegiate Dictionary
hierarchically — See hierarchical. * * * … Universalium
hierarchically — adverb /ˈhaɪə(ɹ)ˌɑː(ɹ)k.ɪk.æli,ˈhaɪə(ɹ)ˌɑː(ɹ)k.ɪkli,ˈhaɪə(ɹ)ˌæk.ɪkli/ a) Of, relating to, or arranged in a hierarchy b) Pertaining to a transitive relation between objects by which they may be ordered into a hierarchy … Wiktionary
hierarchically — adv. in a hierarchical manner, by rank … English contemporary dictionary
hierarchically — hi·er·ar·chi·cal·ly … English syllables
hierarchical — hierarchically, adv. /huy euh rahr ki keuhl, huy rahr /, adj. of, belonging to, or characteristic of a hierarchy. Also, hierarchic. [1425 75; late ME. See HIERARCH, ICAL] * * * … Universalium
HOSE — Hierarchically Ordered Spherical Description of Environment … Medical dictionary
