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
Other Potential Examples:
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