first-order
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.40 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of one of a series of models, languages, relationship, forms of logical discourse, etc., being the simplest one or the first in a sequence.
adj
Example Sentences
- "If our goal is to put out the fire—to alleviate a humanitarian crisis broadly referenced in mainstream discourse as "mass incarceration" and "overcriminalization"— that are the specific benefits that flow from making fair policymaking process a first-order principle in the criminal-justice reform movement?"
Phrases
first-order approximation
first-order control
first-order difference
first-order election
first-order fluid
first-order function
first-order hold
first-order levelling