second-order
adj1
Human sciences, Logic, Mathematics, Philosophy, Sciences Denoting the second in a numerical sequence of models, languages, relationships, forms of logical discourse etc.
2
Of secondary importance.
- 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.2021, Trevor George Gardner, “By Any Means: A Philosophical Frame for Rulemaking Reform in Criminal Law”, in Yale Law Journal Forum, pages 819–20:
- 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