Dictionary

first-order en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) 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. (not-comparable) Of fundamental importance.
   • 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? 2021, Trevor George Gardner, “By Any Means: A Philosophical Frame for Rulemaking Reform in Criminal Law”, in Yale Law Journal Forum, page 800:

Deriveds

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

Relateds

second-order

Translations (1)

nl eersteorde- (being the simplest of many)