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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

multitier en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˌmʌl.tiˈtɪə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˌmʌl.tiˈtɪɚ/ (General-American)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mel-der. Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tós? Proto-Italic *moltos Latin multus Latin multīder. Middle English multi- English multi- English tier English multitier From multi- + tier (“range, layer, rank”).

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Having many tiers; multitiered.
  2. (not-comparable) Of or relating to a client–server architecture in which presentation, application processing, and data management functions are physically separated.

Forms

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multi-tier alternative lexicographic

Synonyms

n-tier