first-order

English

Adjective

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^[1], 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 reaction
• first-order relief
• first-order spectrum
• first-order station
• first-order subroutine
• first-order theory
• first-order transition
• first-order variable

Related terms

• second-order

Translations

being the simplest of many

• Dutch: eersteorde-