What's the difference between hierarchical and rank?

Hierarchical


Definition:

  • (a.) Pertaining to a hierarchy.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The dynamics has a hierarchical structure which has at least two levels.
  • (2) A series of hierarchical multiple regressions revealed the effects of Surgency, Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, Emotional Stability, and Intellect on evoking upset in spouses through condescension (e.g., treating spouse as stupid or inferior), possessiveness (demanding too much time and attention), abuse (slapping spouse), unfaithfulness (having sex with others), inconsiderateness (leaving toilet seat up), moodiness (crying a lot), alcohol abuse (drinking too much alcohol), emotional constriction (hiding emotions to act tough), and self-centeredness (acting selfishly).
  • (3) Finally, in agreement with the hierarchical down-modulation model, we found that IL-3 can down-modulate both IL-3 and GM-CSF receptors while GM-CSF can down-modulate only its own receptors.
  • (4) Theoretical dose-latency relationships for the time to manifestation of radiation injury in a hierarchical (type H) tissue were investigated using mathematical modelling.
  • (5) This leads to a notion of a "universal" hierarchically structured automaton mu which can move on a given graph in such a way as to emulate any automaton which moves on that graph in response to inputs.
  • (6) Speaking in Athens last November, the Italian philosopher Giorgio Agamben discussed an epochal transformation in the idea of government, "whereby the traditional hierarchical relation between causes and effects is inverted, so that, instead of governing the causes – a difficult and expensive undertaking – governments simply try to govern the effects".
  • (7) If the large-scale, comprehensive abstracting and indexing services were based on enumerative classifications with assignment of documents to logical hierarchical categories at the time of initial indexing, then many of the specialized information centers (50) and the 1300 abstracting and indexing services (3) would be unnecessary, and much of the reindexing and reprocessing of documents, the repackaging and reworking of abstracts and index data, and the resulting overlap and duplication characteristic of current information processing could be terminated.
  • (8) These data provide direct support for the existence of collateral inhibitory mechanisms activated by CCWS and morphine, and suggests that these opioid and nonopioid forms of analgesia do not function synergistically, but instead involve some form of hierarchical order.
  • (9) The PIC scores of 132 learning-disabled children between the ages of 6 and 12 years were investigated using Q-factor analysis, four hierarchical-agglomerative clustering techniques, and one iterative partitioning clustering technique.
  • (10) We describe a program whose unique hierarchical approach has permitted a detailed ongoing review of physical examination.
  • (11) The crypts of the gastrointestinal mucosa are highly structured and polarised organs with rapid cell proliferation and an hierarchical organisation with relatively few stem cells.
  • (12) A general concept is applied to laboratory scale reactors as well as to large scale production facilities consisting of many unit operations with a hierarchical and highly modular structure.
  • (13) These hierarchical levels are non-reducible to one another; they are at least three (neuronal, functional, and semantic), and they function within an interactional plan.
  • (14) This topography visualizes the spatiotemporal spread of onset excitation and reflects the hierarchical processing within the structure.
  • (15) A hierarchical analysis indicated that bipolar I tends to be diagnosed as schizoaffective-manic across occasions, and vice versa.
  • (16) The frequency of symptoms are grouped together in hierarchical tables and displayed and analysed.
  • (17) The data analyzed here suggest that a hierarchical profile of worsening clinical characteristics mirrors a hierarchical progression of increasing risk of stroke.
  • (18) This interpretation allows the response to be more specifically related to the sub-cellular and cellular organization of the tissue through its self-similar hierarchical nature.
  • (19) First, the process of information transmission in the human visual system is shown as a hierarchically structured model.
  • (20) Using hierarchical analysis of sets, the results indicated that the set of variables used to test the situational theory explained more variance in loneliness when entered first (62%) or second (34%) in the analysis than did the characterological set when entered first (33%) or second (5%) in the analysis.

Rank


Definition:

  • (superl.) Luxuriant in growth; of vigorous growth; exuberant; grown to immoderate height; as, rank grass; rank weeds.
  • (superl.) Raised to a high degree; violent; extreme; gross; utter; as, rank heresy.
  • (superl.) Causing vigorous growth; producing luxuriantly; very rich and fertile; as, rank land.
  • (superl.) Strong-scented; rancid; musty; as, oil of a rank smell; rank-smelling rue.
  • (superl.) Strong to the taste.
  • (superl.) Inflamed with venereal appetite.
  • (adv.) Rankly; stoutly; violently.
  • (n. & v.) A row or line; a range; an order; a tier; as, a rank of osiers.
  • (n. & v.) A line of soldiers ranged side by side; -- opposed to file. See 1st File, 1 (a).
  • (n. & v.) Grade of official standing, as in the army, navy, or nobility; as, the rank of general; the rank of admiral.
  • (n. & v.) An aggregate of individuals classed together; a permanent social class; an order; a division; as, ranks and orders of men; the highest and the lowest ranks of men, or of other intelligent beings.
  • (n. & v.) Degree of dignity, eminence, or excellence; position in civil or social life; station; degree; grade; as, a writer of the first rank; a lawyer of high rank.
  • (n. & v.) Elevated grade or standing; high degree; high social position; distinction; eminence; as, a man of rank.
  • (v. t.) To place abreast, or in a line.
  • (v. t.) To range in a particular class, order, or division; to class; also, to dispose methodically; to place in suitable classes or order; to classify.
  • (v. t.) To take rank of; to outrank.
  • (v. i.) To be ranged; to be set or disposed, as in a particular degree, class, order, or division.
  • (v. i.) To have a certain grade or degree of elevation in the orders of civil or military life; to have a certain degree of esteem or consideration; as, he ranks with the first class of poets; he ranks high in public estimation.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Treatment termination due to lack of efficacy or combined insufficient therapeutic response and toxicity proved to be influenced by the initial disease activity and by the rank order of prescription.
  • (2) Despite a 10-year deadline to have the same number of ethnic minority officers in the ranks as in the populations they serve, the target was missed and police are thousands of officers short.
  • (3) Measures of average and cumulative rank were used to augment tests of the significance of correlations between different indicators.
  • (4) The programs are written in Fortran and are implemented on a Rank Xerox Sigma 6 computer.
  • (5) Significant differences in the pharmacological characteristics of the alpha 2 adrenoceptor were observed between the tissues with reference to both absolute drug affinities as well as rank order of drug potency.
  • (6) While superheroes like “superman” (21st in SplashData’s 2014 rankings) and “batman” (24th) may be popular choices for passwords, the results if they are cracked could be anything other than super – and users will only have themselves to blame.
  • (7) This analysis is based on a ranking of neighbourhoods according to the participation of young people in higher education.
  • (8) When histamine (5 micrograms) was injected into three different levels of the ventricular system, the magnitude and duration of the resulting increases in plasma epinephrine and glucose were in the following rank order: the third ventricle greater than aqueduct much greater than fourth ventricle.
  • (9) The rank order of potency of the peptides tested was VIP greater than rat (r) peptide histidine isoleucine = human (h) PHI greater than rGRF greater than bovine GRF = porcine PHI = VIP-(10-28) greater than hGRF greater than secretin greater than apamin greater than glucagon.
  • (10) In the latter case, the studies have resulted in a ranking of processes and treatment methods to protect the environment.
  • (11) Cefuzoname seems to be among the middle ranks of beta-lactam agents as far as penetration rate is concerned; however, when its potent antibacterial activity and broad spectrum are taken into account, the concentrations in CSF in patients with meningitis seem worth examining.
  • (12) They include two leading Republican hopefuls for the presidential race in 2016, Rand Paul and Marco Rubio; three of them enjoy A+ rankings from the NRA and a further eight are listed A. Rand Paul of Kentucky The junior senator's penchant for filibusters became famous during his nearly 13-hour speech against the use unmanned drones, and he is one of three senators who sent an initial missive to Reid , warning him of another verbose round.
  • (13) Using an explicit process, the Oregon Health Services Commission has completed the ranking of 714 condition-treatment pairs.
  • (14) Autonomy, sense of accomplishment and time spent in patient care ranked as the top three factors contributing to job satisfaction.
  • (15) On guinea-pig lung strip the rank order of potency was U-46619 greater than Wy17186 much greater than PGF2 alpha greater than PGE2 and responses to all agonists tested were blocked by AH19437 but not by SC-19220.
  • (16) In the UK, George Osborne used this to his advantage, claiming "Britain faces the disaster of having its international credit rating downgraded" even after Moody's ranked UK debt as "resilient".
  • (17) The eight senators, including the incoming ranking member Mark Warner of Virginia, wrote to Barack Obama to request he declassify relevant intelligence on the election.
  • (18) Hence, a priori haplotyping cannot exclude a particular CF mutation, but in combination with population genetic data, enables mutations to be ranked by decreasing probability.
  • (19) The rank order of potencies of the four AEDs was: (a) in young: CBZ > PHT > PhB > VPA; (b) in adult: CBZ > PhB > PHT > VPA.
  • (20) Patients clinically evaluated as effective tended to be so pathologically as well, as shown by Spearman's rank correlation test which gave a significant correlation between the clinical and pathological scores.