Found 2 items, similar to hierarchical.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: hierarchical hierarchical adj : 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” [syn: hierarchal, hierarchic] [ant: nonhierarchical]
English → English (gcide) Definition: hierarchical hierarchic \hi`er*arch"ic\, hierarchical \hi`er*arch"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. hi['e]rarchique.] Of or pertaining to a hierarchy; ordered in a hierarchy. -- Hi`er*arch`ic*al*ly, adv. 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]