second-order

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second-order (not comparable)

  1. (mathematics, logic) Denoting the second in a numerical sequence of models, languages, relationships, forms of logical discourse etc.
  2. Of secondary importance.
    • 2021, Trevor George Gardner, “By Any Means: A Philosophical Frame for Rulemaking Reform in Criminal Law”, in Yale Law Journal Forum[1], pages 819–20:
      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.

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