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What does heterarchy mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word heterarchy? Here's what it means.

Noun
  1. (uncountable) The rule of an alien; rule from without; government by an extraterritorial power.
  2. (countable) An example of this government.
  3. A system of organization where the elements of the organization are unranked (non-hierarchical) or where they possess the potential to be ranked a number of different ways.
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A new formalization is proposed for the design of ant colony algorithms, introducing the biological notions of heterarchy and communication channels.
A heterarchy of values determined by the topology of nervous nets.
The concept of heterarchy is essential in understanding bureaucracies, so that they can be aligned and fit for purpose.
Heterarchy, a more teamwork-oriented leadership style in which leaders share the leadership function, was addressed by the CROP survey.
Reactive and effective hybrid manufacturing control architectures, combining hierarchy and heterarchy adapted to the current constraints of the industrial market and its environment were created.
This paper compares evidence for cranial trauma among burial populations at Harappa through time to assess the hypothesis that Indus state formation occurred as a peaceful heterarchy.

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