In dictionaries:
social hierarchy
Structured ranking of social status.
Class hierarchy
Structured organization of related classes.
Dominance hierarchy
Ranking system determining social power.
Memory hierarchy
In computer architecture, the memory hierarchy separates computer storage into a hierarchy based on response time.
analytic hierarchy
celestial hierarchy
Order of angels in heaven.
Sonority hierarchy
Relative perceptual loudness of sounds.
Analytical hierarchy
In mathematical logic and descriptive set theory, the analytical hierarchy is an extension of the arithmetical hierarchy.
Chomsky hierarchy
(computer science, linguistics) A containment hierarchy of classes of formal grammars. From least to most specialized, the classes are: recursively enumerable, context-sensitive, context-free, and regular.
phonological hierarchy
(phonology) A series of increasingly smaller regions of a phonological utterance, each nested within the next highest region.
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