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  1. second-orderadjective

    describing the second in a numerical sequence of models, languages, relationships, forms of logical discourse etc

Editors Contribution

  1. second-order

    As an adjective it is the re-make, retooling or retrofit of a previous model; be it an idea, machinery, or a physical structure.

    A 1947 Ford with a newer motor is undergoing second-order upgrades.


    Submitted by anonymous on August 7, 2014  

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of second-order in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of second-order in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of second-order in a Sentence

  1. Bate, Mueller & White, 1971, "Fundamentals of Astrodynamics":

    Equation (1.2-9) is a second order, nonlinear, vector, differential equation which has defied solution in its present form. It is here therefore we depart from the realities of nature to make some simplifying assumptions...

  2. Stephen Auth:

    The market has really not fully digested the second-order impacts of this, we are keeping our clients in dividend stocks and on a defensive strategy.


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    There is also the second-order in cybernetics. The first order, being to quantify or create a model of a system, the second, being to see the modeller in that system model.
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