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first-order (not comparable)

  1. (mathematics, logic) Of one of a series of models, languages, relationship, forms of logical discourse, etc., being the simplest one or the first in a sequence.
  2. Of fundamental importance.
    • 2021, Trevor George Gardner, “By Any Means: A Philosophical Frame for Rulemaking Reform in Criminal Law”, in Yale Law Journal Forum, page 800:
      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?

Derived terms

  • first-order approximation
  • first-order control
  • first-order difference
  • first-order election
  • first-order fluid
  • first-order function
  • first-order hold
  • first-order levelling
  • first-order logic
  • first-order ordinary differential
  • first-order predicate
  • first-order question
  • first-order reaction
  • first-order relief
  • first-order spectrum
  • first-order station
  • first-order subroutine
  • first-order theory
  • first-order transition
  • first-order variable

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