Hierarchical

Definition: Hierarchical

Hierarchical

Adjective

1. 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".

Date "hierarchical" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1878. (references)

Specialty Definitions: Hierarchical

Domain	Definitions
Computing	Database model in which the different pieces of information are organized in an arborescent scheme. Source: European Union. (references)
	Constraint set which, when applied to the general hierarchical file model, generates an access structure which is still hierarchical, but in which the form of the node descriptions and data units is restricted. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: Hierarchical

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
Entry	Source	Expression	Field
HINT	English	Hierarchical INTegration	Computer - Computer - (Uni Colorado)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonyms: Hierarchical

Synonyms: hierarchal (adj), hierarchic (adj). (additional references)

Antonym: nonhierarchical (adj). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Hierarchical

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Churchdom	Adjective: ecclesiastical, ecclesiological; clerical, sacerdotal, priestly, prelatical, pastoral, ministerial, capitular, theocratic; hierarchical, archiepiscopal; episcopal, episcopalian; canonical; monastic, monachal; monkish; abbatial, abbatical; Anglican; pontifical, papal, apostolic, Roman, Popish; ultramontane, priest-ridden.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Hierarchical

English words defined with "hierarchical": fascism ♦ hierarchal, hierarchic, hierarchical classification system, hierarchical data structure, hierarchical menu, hierarchical structure, hierarchically ♦ Lamaism, land tenure ♦ tenure. (references)

Specialty definitions using "hierarchical": 3D-object model ♦ Ada 95, analytic classification ♦ base unit ♦ computer ethics, co-subordination, cross classification ♦ diagonal co-ordination ♦ flat constraint set ♦ Geographic Catalog of Legal and Statistical Entities ♦ HCLP, HDF, hierarchical constraint set, Hierarchical Data Format, hierarchical database, hierarchical file system, Hierarchical Music Specification Language, hierarchical routing, highest-level index, HMSL, HSLFX, HSL-FX ♦ Iconicode, IMS/Data Base, Interchange File Format, ISA relationship, IS-A relationship ♦ Lightweight Directory Access Protocol, linear notation TID - BW 48-46-3, lithodeme ♦ master control unit, master processor ♦ National Science Foundation Network, Netware Directory Services, network database ♦ pathname, PHIGS, Programmers Hierarchical Interactive Graphics System, Prospero ♦ static database management system ♦ three-dimensional model, to stratify, top term, topological display ♦ unstructured constraint set ♦ Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Hierarchical

Domain	Title
Books	A Hierarchical Concept of Ecosystems (reference) Ecotoxicology: A Hierarchical Treatment (reference) Hierarchical Methods: Hierarchy and Hierarchical Asymptotic Methods in Electrodynamics (Fundamental Theories of Physics, 123) (reference) Hierarchical Nonlinear Switching Control Design with Applications to Propulsion Systems (reference) HLM 5: Hierarchical Linear and Nonlinear Modeling (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Hierarchical

Subject	Topic	Quote
Business		The report stated that the era of digital control systems, hierarchical control systems with client-server architecture, and supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems had become very popular in India. (references)
		In particular, Koreans still have a great respect for elders, and intuitively establish their hierarchical position relative to others based on age. Indeed, one of the fundamental principles of the Korean language is based on the plethora of verb endings that indicate the level of respect accorded to another person. (references)
Economic History	Burundi	In the 16th century, Burundi was a kingdom characterized by a hierarchical political authority and tributary economic exchange. (references)
	Marshall Islands	Citizens of the Marshall Islands live with a relatively new democratic political system combined with a hierarchical traditional culture. (references)
	Bolivia	The Superintendent of Hierarchical Resources is a non-judicial forum for appeals of decisions by the superintendents for banking and non-banking services. (references)
Human Rights	Oman	The decrees formally established the judiciary as an independent, hierarchical system composed of a Supreme Court, an appeals court, primary courts (one located in each region), and, within the primary courts, divisional courts. (references)
Political Economy	India	Many of these abuses are generated by a traditionally hierarchical social structure, deeply rooted tensions among the country's many ethnic and religious communities, violent secessionist movements and the authorities' attempts to repress them, and deficient police methods and training. (references)
Trade	Ukraine	Project objectives: Creation of centralized treasury system; developments of amendments necessary to the Budget Law to permit the imposition of expenditure control regulations; development of a new hierarchical chart of accounts; implementation of a transaction based Treasury Ledger System; implementation of effective Public Expenditure Control Regulations to manage the level and timing of expenditures and the extent of arrears. (references)
Travel	Korea	Koreans observe a very strict hierarchical code, where Koreans will generally meet to discuss business with persons of the same, parallel rank. (references)
	France	Appointment schedules and hierarchical titles are to be respected and correspondence--whether by mail or by fax--should be acknowledged promptly. (references)
	Korea	Koreans still have a great respect for anyone senior in age, and intuitively establish their hierarchical position relative to others based on age. (references)
Women	Brazil	In the workplace, it applies only in hierarchical situations, where the harasser is of greater rank or position than the victim. (references)
Worker Rights	Brazil	The Constitution and the Labor Code provide for union representation of all workers (except members of the military, the uniformed police, and firemen) but imposes a hierarchical, unitary system funded by a mandatory union tax on workers and employers. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Speeches: Hierarchical

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
Bill Clinton	1993-2001	The old way dispensed services through large, hierarchical, inflexible bureaucracies.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Hierarchical

"Hierarchical" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 99.85% of the time. "Hierarchical" is used about 646 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	99.85%	645	10,121
Noun (proper)	0.15%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	646	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Hierarchical

Expressions using "hierarchical": hierarchical classification system ♦ hierarchical constraint set ♦ hierarchical Data Format ♦ hierarchical data structure ♦ hierarchical database ♦ hierarchical file system ♦ hierarchical menu ♦ hierarchical Music Specification Language ♦ hierarchical routing ♦ hierarchical structure ♦ programmers Hierarchical Interactive Graphics System ♦ Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle. Additional references.
Hypenated Usage
	Ending with "hierarchical": non-hierarchical.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Hierarchical

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
hierarchical database	19	data hierarchical mysql	3
hierarchical	16	hierarchical net petri	3
hierarchical menu	11	decomposition hierarchical	2
hierarchical linear modeling	5	analytical hierarchical process	2
database hierarchical model	4	database hierarchical relational	2
hierarchical structure	4	architecture database hierarchical performance	2
hierarchical model	4	access core design distribution hierarchical wan	2
hierarchical data asp	4	database difference hierarchical relational	2
following hierarchical listing	3	hierarchical regression	2
hierarchical storage management	3	cellular hierarchical network	2
hierarchical grid	3	database hierarchical network	2
hierarchical linear model	3	architecture database hierarchical	2
data design determination device hierarchical in path used which	3	characteristic digital electrical hierarchical interface physical	2
flexgrid hierarchical	3	database hierarchical performance	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Hierarchical

Language		Translations for "hierarchical"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Chinese		階級式 , 等级制度 (hierarchic, hierarchically). (various references)

Czech		hierarchický. (various references)

Danish		hierarkisk filstruktur (hierarchical constraint set), hierarkisk begrænsningssæt (hierarchical constraint set), hierarkisk (hierarchic). (various references)

Dutch		hiërarchische beperkingsset (hierarchical constraint set), hiërarchisch (hierarchic), verzameling van hiërarchische beperkingen (hierarchical constraint set). (various references)

Finnish		hierarkkinen (hierarchic). (various references)

French		hiérarchique (hierarchic), série de contraintes hiérarchique (hierarchical constraint set). (various references)

German		hierarchisch (hierachic, hierarchic). (various references)

Greek		ιεραρχικόσ, ιεραρχικός (hierarchic, hierarchical constraint set), ιεραρχημένος (hierarchical constraint set), ιεραρχημένο σύνολο περιορισμών (hierarchical constraint set). (various references)

Hungarian		hivatalos (academic, bearing an official stamp, breach of trust, formal, hierarchic, official, officiary), hivatali (administrative, clerkly, hierarchic, magisterial, trappings), hierarchikus (hierarchal, hierarchic), rangsor szerinti (hierarchic), főpapi (hierarchic, pontifical), előírásszerű (hierarchic). (various references)

Italian		insieme di vincoli per file gerarchico (hierarchical constraint set), gerarchico (hierarchic, hierarchical constraint set). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		階級社会 (hierarchical society). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		かいきゅうしゃかい (hierarchical society). (various references)

Korean		교주 (Pontoon, sheik, sheikh). (various references)

Manx		ard-saggyrtagh (hierarchic, pontifical), ard-chleragh (hierarchic, principal clerk). (various references)

Pig Latin		ierarchicalhay

Portuguese		hierárquica (hierarchic), conjunto de restrições hierárquico (hierarchical constraint set). (various references)

Romanian		ierarhic (hierarchically). (various references)

Russian		иерархический. (various references)

Spanish		jerárquico (hierarchic). (various references)

Swedish		hierarkisk databasmodell (hierarchic), hierarkisk begränsningsuppsättning (hierarchical constraint set). (various references)

Turkish		hiyerarşik (hierarchic), aşamalı (gradual, hierarchic, staggered). (various references)

Vietnamese		có thứ bậc (hierarchic), có tôn ti (hierarchic). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Hierarchical

Derivations
	Words beginning with "hierarchical": hierarchically. (additional references)
	Words ending with "hierarchical": antihierarchical, nonhierarchical. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Hierarchical" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: heirarchial, heirarchical, hierachical, hieraechical, hierarchial, hierarchicality, hierarchtical, hierarchycal, hierarichical, hyrarchical. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Hierarchical"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "hierarchical" (pronounced hī'rÄ"rkukul)
7	-Ä" r k u k u l	anarchical.
4	-u k u l	aeronautical, agrochemical, allegorical, anatomical, anthropological, article, barnacle, biblical, biochemical, chemical, Chronicle, clavicle, clerical, clinical, commonsensical, coracle, cortical, cuticle, diacritical, domical, epochal, equivocal, etymological, farcical, follicle, geophysical, grammatical, hypothetical, impractical, maniacal, medical, meteorological, methodical, miracle, monocle, mythical, nautical, numerical, obstacle, Oracle, oratorical, particle, photochemical, pinnacle, polemical, political, pontifical, practical, quizzical, radical, receptacle, reciprocal, satirical, skeptical, spectacle, tentacle, typical, unequivocal.
3	-k u l	acoustical, alphabetical, analytical, ankle, antithetical, apolitical, archaeological, archeological, astrological, astronautical, astronomical, asymmetrical, atypical, autobiographical, bicycle, bifocal, biographical, biological, biomedical, biotechnological, botanical, brickle, buckle, cackle, categorical, cervical, chronological, chuckle, circle, classical, comical, conical, crackle, critical, cubicle, cycle, cyclical, cylindrical, cynical, debacle, dermatological, diabolical, dialectical, ducal, ecclesiastical, ecological, economical, ecumenical, egotistical, electrical, electrochemical, electromechanical, elliptical, empirical, encircle, encyclical, epidemiological, eschatological, ethical, ethnical, evangelical, fanatical, fecal, fickle, fiscal, focal, freckle, galenical, geographical, geological, geometrical, geopolitical, gonococcal, grackle, granduncle, graphical, gynecological, hackle, heckle, helical, heretical, heterocercal, historical, honeysuckle, Huckle, hypercritical, hypocritical, hysterical, icicle, identical, ideological, illogical, immunological, inimical, ironical, jackal, knuckle, lackadaisical, lexical, liturgical, local, logical, logistical, lyrical, magical, mathematical, matriarchal, mechanical, meikle, metallurgical, metaphorical, metaphysical, methodological, metrical, Mickle, morphological, motorcycle, muckle, musical, mystical, mythological, neoclassical, neurological, nickel, Nickle, Nicol, nonelectrical, nonpolitical, nonsensical, nonsurgical, nontechnical, ontological, optical, ornithological, paradoxical, pathological, patriarchal, pedagogical, periodical, petrochemical, pharmaceutical, pharmacological, philosophical, phonological, physical, physiological, pickle, popsicle, preclinical, problematical, prototypical, psychical, psychological, pumpernickel, puritanical, rabbinical, radiological, ramshackle, rankle, rascal, recycle, rhetorical, ruckle, runkle, sabbatical, semiclassical, semicylindrical, semitropical, serological, shackle, shekel, sickle, sociological, Sokol, sparkle, speckle, spherical, sprinkle, statistical, stereotypical, stickle, strategical, suckle, surgical, symmetrical, tabernacle, tackle, tactical, technical, technological, teleological, testicle, theatrical, theological, theoretical, tickle, tinkle, topical, toxicological, trickle, tricycle, tropical, twinkle, typographical, tyrannical, umbilical, uncle, uncritical, uneconomical, unethical, unicycle, unshackle, untypical, vehicle, vertical, viatical, virological, vocal, whimsical, Winkle, wrinkle, zoological.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Hierarchical

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-c-c-e-h-h-i-i-l-r-r"
	-2 letters: hierarchal, hierarchic.
	-3 letters: cercarial.
	-4 letters: cercaria, hierarch.
	-5 letters: archaic, caliche, chalice, charier, charlie, circler, hairier, rachial, railcar.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-c-c-e-h-h-i-i-l-r-r"
	+2 letters: hierarchically.
	+3 letters: nonhierarchical.
	+4 letters: antihierarchical.
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