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What does first-order mean?

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Adjective
  1. (mathematics) Of one of a series of models, languages, relationship, forms of logical discourse, etc., being the simplest one or the first in a sequence.
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The model for kinetics of digestion was a simple first-order kinetic equation with a discrete lag time.
Unlike first-order theories, the tool chest of a mathematics educator can never be complete.
While indeed true, these interests might be considered immediate or first-order.
The first-order rate equation can be used under conditions where micro-organisms become acclimatized to the chemical and can actively use it.
For example, a first-order scarcity can be managed by desert communities because they have developed social institutions as coping strategies.
Lateral branches growing directly from the primary trunk are designated first-order branches.

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