second-order

English

Adjective

second-order (not comparable)

  1. (mathematics, logic) Denoting the second in a numerical sequence of models, languages, relationships, forms of logical discourse etc.
  2. 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.

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
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