second-order
English
Adjective
second-order (not comparable)
- (mathematics, logic) Denoting the second in a numerical sequence of models, languages, relationships, forms of logical discourse etc.
- Of secondary importance.
- 2021, Trevor George Gardner, “By Any Means: A Philosophical Frame for Rulemaking Reform in Criminal Law”, in Yale Law Journal Forum, pages 819-20:
- If reformers establish the specific process of crime policymaking... as a second-order concern, their efforts will not be weighed down by any one normative theory of fair process.
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Derived terms
- second-order arithmetic
- second-order conditioning
- second-order cybernetics
- second-order derivative
- second-order difference
- second-order election
- second-order equation
- second-order fluid
- second-order leveling
- second-order logic
- second-order predicate
- second-order reaction
- second-order relief
- second-order simulacra
- second-order station
- second-order subroutine
- second-order threat
- second-order transition
Related terms
- first-order
- higher-order