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Asymmetrical relationship

An Asymmetrical relationship is a relationship[?] that is not symmetrical[?]; that is, it has a definite direction that cannot be reversed without changing its meaning. For instance, if A is the child of B, it cannot be said that B is the child of A. Asymmetrical relationships are useful in defining hierarchies.


Generalizations: relationship[?]

Specializations: hierarchical relationship

Involved in: hierarchy

Primary Domain: Interdisciplinarity

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As I said on the page talk:Hierarchial relationship[?], I really think these sort of pages should be deleted. The only possible use I can see for this would be the topic of asymmetric or antisymmetric relations in mathematics, but most of this is just useless generalities. -- SJK



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