What does second-order mean?

second-order

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.25 in modern English

Syllables: sec-ond-order
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adj

Denoting the second in a numerical sequence of models, languages, relationships, forms of logical discourse etc.

adj

Of secondary importance.

Example Sentences

"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."

Phrases

second-order arithmetic second-order conditioning second-order cybernetics second-order derivative second-order difference second-order election second-order equation second-order fluid

Frequently Paired Words

first-order higher-order

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