hierarchical Definition
hi·er·ar·chi·cal (hī′ər är′ki kəl)
adjective
of a hierarchy
hierarchical Related Forms
hi′·er·ar′·chi·cally adverb
hierarchical Usage Examples
Used with adjective complement
- become: Here as in other domains, communications were becoming less hierarchical.
- appear: Figure 5 shows the structure through the information space to appear hierarchical.
- create: In a few clicks create hierarchical a menu with special effects, menu style, ... and a ton of powerful parameters.
Modifies a noun
- decomposition: This version of the planner uses an iterative deepening search strategy, and has special code for hierarchical decomposition.
- structure: The registry has a hierarchical structure, not unlike a filing system.
- classification: The computer's success rate with hierarchical classification was of the same order.
- structuring: Most of these approaches exploit some form of hierarchical structuring: 1. Arrange a meeting: 1.1.
- namespace: Loggers are normally named, using a hierarchical dot-separated namespace.
- regression: RESULTS: Using hierarchical regression, overall precision was greatly enhanced compared to the conventional analysis.
Modifying Another Word
- rigidly: The Euclidean paradigm of mathematics as an objective, absolute, incorrigible and rigidly hierarchical body of knowledge is increasingly under question.
- strictly: But while the Church proclaims its strictly hierarchical character to the world, the United Nations lies about itself.
- strongly: The Priests of most have little hierarchy, unless the totem animal is strongly hierarchical such as the wolf.
- very: Nepal is a very hierarchical society with a similar caste system to India.
- not: However the assessment of Del Grande spatial perception is not hierarchical.
- essentially: A visual map is an essentially hierarchical two-dimensional graphical representation that is similar to other common representations variously called idea maps or brain maps.
Preposition: in
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