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adjectivetri-tiered (not comparable)
- not comparablerareHaving three tiers.
The architecture of the program will be tri-tiered; the global tier which connects major geographic regions, the regional tier which connects countries within a geographic region, and the domestic tier that will connect population centers within a country.
1999, Emmanuel K. Ngwainmbi, Exporting Communication Technology to Developing Countries, →ISBN, page 69Synonyms: three-tiered
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adjectiveHaving three tiers.
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