Meanings
adjectivehigher-order (not comparable)
- not comparableOf or relating to a class higher up in a hierarchy.
It is at least plausible that expert-level crime policy rulemaking (in the interest of reform) may be necessary in a system... [which] will thus remain susceptible to the prospect of punitive populism arising within any one of an array of higher-order bounded publics.
2021, Trevor George Gardner, “By Any Means: A Philosophical Frame for Rulemaking Reform in Criminal Law”, in Yale Law Journal Forum, page 819 - not comparablemathematicsOf order 2 or greater.
Origin
Translations
Catalan d'ordre superior
- d'ordre superiormathematics: of order 2 or greater
French d'ordre supérieur
- d'ordre supérieurmathematics: of order 2 or greater
Italian di ordine superiore
- di ordine superioremathematics: of order 2 or greater
Portuguese de ordem superior
- de ordem superiormathematics: of order 2 or greater
Spanish de orden superior
- de orden superiormathematics: of order 2 or greater
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