Definition of Hierarchy

Babylon English
hierarchy
n. system in which persons or things are arranged one above the other according to rank; group which governs; group of church officials ranked successively

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Hierarchy Definition from Computer & Internet Dictionaries & Glossaries

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hierarchy
An organisation with few things, or one thing, at the top and with several things below each other thing. An inverted tree structure. Examples in computing include a directory hierarchy where each directory may contain files or other directories; a hierarchical network (see hierarchical routing), a class hierarchy in object-oriented programming.
(1994-10-11)

DW and OLAP terms
hierarchy
A logical tree structure that organizes the members of a dimension such that each member has one parent member and zero or more child members.

INTERNET TERMS&ACRONYMSV1.0
HIERARCHY
The categories of newsgroups. The main categories are:
soc. (society)
misc. (miscellaneous
sci. (science)

Noman's Java(TM) Glossary
hierarchy
A classification of relationships in which each item except the top one (known as the root) is a specialized form of the item above it. Each item can have one or more items below it in the hierarchy. In the Java class hierarchy, the root is the Object class.


Hierarchy Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Hierarchy
(n.)
Dominion or authority in sacred things.
  
(n.)
A rank or order of holy beings.
  
(n.)
A form of government administered in the church by patriarchs, metropolitans, archbishops, bishops, and, in an inferior degree, by priests.
  
(n.)
A body of officials disposed organically in ranks and orders each subordinate to the one above it; a body of ecclesiastical rulers.
  

WordNet 2.0
hierarchy

Noun
1. a series of ordered groupings of people or things within a system; "put honesty first in her hierarchy of values"
(hypernym) series
(hyponym) celestial hierarchy
(part-holonym) system, scheme
2. the organization of people at different ranks in an administrative body
(synonym) power structure, pecking order
(hypernym) organization, organisation
(part-holonym) administration, governance, governing body, establishment, brass, organization, organisation

hEnglish - advanced version
hierarchy

hierarchy
\hi"er*arch`y\ (?), n.; pl. hierarchies (#). [gr. &?;: cf. f. hiérarchie.]
1. dominion or authority in sacred things.
2. a body of officials disposed organically in ranks and orders each subordinate to the one above it; a body of ecclesiastical rulers.
3. a form of government administered in the church by patriarchs, metropolitans, archbishops, bishops, and, in an inferior degree, by priests.
4. a rank or order of holy beings. standards and gonfalons for distinction serve of hierarchies, of orders, and degrees.
hierarchy
n
1. a series of ordered groupings of people or things within a system: "put honesty first in her hierarchy of values"
2. the organization of people at different ranks in an administrative body [syn: power structure, pecking order ]




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 class hierarchy 
 data hierarchy 

JM Welsh <=> English Dictionary
Uchelsantaeth
Uchelsantaeth = n. a hierarchy


Hierarchy Definition from Science & Technology Dictionaries & Glossaries

Web Dictionary of Cybernetics and Systems
Hierarchy
(l) A form of organization resembling a pyramid. Each level is subordinate to the one above it. See heterarchy. (Umpleby ) (2) An organization whose components are arranged in levels from a top level down to a bottom level. (Arbib) (3) A partially-ordered structure of entities in which every entity but one is successor to at least one other entity; and every entity except the basic entities is a predecessor to at least one other entity. (Rogers) (4) Narrowly, a group arranged in order of rank or class; we interpret it to denote a rank arrangement in which the nature of function at each higher level becomes more broadly embracing than at the lower level. (Iberall)


Hierarchy Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries

Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia
Hierarchy
For the various types of hierarchy, see hierarchy (disambiguation)
A hierarchy (in Greek: , derived from — hieros, 'sacred', and — arkho, 'rule') is a system of ranking and organizing things or people, where each element of the system (except for the top element) is a subordinate to a single other element.

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