Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hierarchical database

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.22 in modern English

Syllables: hi-er-ar-chi-cal -database
IPA

33

Scrabble Score

20

Letters

6

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A database whose records are linked in a tree-like structure, each child record having a single primary parent.

Inflected Forms

hierarchical databases (plural)

Phrases

relational database hierarchical data model

Frequently Paired Words

relational database hierarchical data model

Questions

What does hierarchical database mean?: A database whose records are linked in a tree-like structure, each child record having a single primary parent.

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