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;<span id="ancestor">ancestor</span> (ascendant)
;<span id="Ancestor">ancestor</span> (ascendant)
:[[Glossary:Element|element]] in the [[Glossary:Contents_window|'''Contents''' window]] that is located one or more levels above the element which makes its [[Glossary:Descendant|descendant]]. All the [[Glossary:Element|elements]] at the same indentation in the [[Glossary:Knowledge_tree|knowledge tree]] are [[Glossary:Child|children]] of their single [[Glossary:Parent|parent]] (they are [[Glossary:Sibling|siblings]] to each other) whereas [[Glossary:Descendant|descendants]] are all the [[Glossary:Element|elements]] below the level of their '''ancestors'''. See: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tree_(data_structure) Tree structure] at Wikipedia
:[[Glossary:Element|element]] in the [[Glossary:Contents_window|'''Contents''' window]] that is located one or more levels above the element which makes its [[Glossary:Descendant|descendant]]. All the [[Glossary:Element|elements]] at the same indentation in the [[Glossary:Knowledge_tree|knowledge tree]] are [[Glossary:Child|children]] of their single [[Glossary:Parent|parent]] (they are [[Glossary:Sibling|siblings]] to each other) whereas [[Glossary:Descendant|descendants]] are all the [[Glossary:Element|elements]] below the level of their '''ancestors'''.
:See also:
:*[[Building the knowledge tree]]
:*[[Contents|'''Contents''' window]]
:*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tree_(data_structure) Tree structure] at Wikipedia

Latest revision as of 03:02, 14 August 2020

ancestor (ascendant)
element in the Contents window that is located one or more levels above the element which makes its descendant. All the elements at the same indentation in the knowledge tree are children of their single parent (they are siblings to each other) whereas descendants are all the elements below the level of their ancestors.
See also: