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hierarchical

adj
/ˌhaɪəˈɹɑːkɪkəl/UK/ˌhaɪˈɹɑɹkɪkəl/CA/ˌhɑɪˈɹɐːkɪkəl/

Etymology

From hierarchy + -ical, compare French hiérarchique.

  1. derived from ἱεραρχία
  2. derived from hierarchia
  3. derived from ierarchia
  4. derived from ierarchie
  5. inherited from ierarchie
  6. suffixed as hierarchical — “hierarchy + ical”

Definitions

  1. Pertaining to a hierarchy.

  2. Of or pertaining to an ecclesiastic or priestly order.

  3. Classified or arranged according to various criteria into successive ranks or grades.

    • It has been said that only a hierarchical society with a leisure class at the top can produce works of art.

The neighborhood

Derived

ahierarchical, antihierarchical, hierarchical database, hierarchicalism, monohierarchical, multihierarchical, nonhierarchical, polyhierarchical, prehierarchical, unhierarchical

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at hierarchical. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at hierarchical. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at hierarchical

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA