GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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1.       
   hierarchic, hierarchical (?), a. [Cf. F. hiérarchique.] Of or pertaining to a hierarchy; ordered in a hierarchy. -- Hi`er*arch`ic*al*ly, adv.
   Syn. -- hierarchical, hierarchal.
   
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   2. Pertaining to a transitive relation between objects by which they may be ordered into a hierarchy; as, “a hierarchical relation”.
   
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