Does that make you a third-order scumbag for adding to the post count?.    From Wordnik.com.  [The absence of...] Reference

The Steinhart-Hart equation is a widely used third-order approximation.    From Wordnik.com.  [Latex Matters « Climate Audit] Reference

But this raises the question: Can third-order mutual knowledge that A1, A 2, and.    From Wordnik.com.  [Common Knowledge] Reference

I'm sending that to my Dad, who is both a punster and a third-order Benedictine.    From Wordnik.com.  [Making Light: Open thread 137] Reference

(And public choice issues are, we now know, of second - or third-order importance.).    From Wordnik.com.  [Matthew Yglesias » The Big Lie] Reference

So convention requires third-order mutual knowledge that A1, A2, and A 3 are the case.    From Wordnik.com.  [Common Knowledge] Reference

This, he was fairly certain, was a third-order spell, and as good a one as any to try out.    From Wordnik.com.  [With a Single Spell]

“You said you thought you could do a third-order spell; is there that much difference?”.    From Wordnik.com.  [With a Single Spell]

It would be conscious only if accompanied by a (non-conscious) third-order thought or perception.    From Wordnik.com.  [Phenomenological Approaches to Self-Consciousness] Reference

By contrast, Georgist policies have second-order and third-order effects on humans and the environment.    From Wordnik.com.  [Herman Daly Festschrift~ Ecological and Georgist Economic Principles~ A Comparison] Reference

Twitter works on second- and third-order effects, with friends of friends of friends spreading the word.    From Wordnik.com.  [Twitter is for Transmitting Outrage | Live Granades] Reference

Was is just suffused in my by popular culture, some third-order derivative product of the Seattle scene?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Evelyn’s Coffee Bar, Banff, AB] Reference

At least one I know of -- a third-order Carmelite -- decided to start covering herself after reading my article.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2006-05-01] Reference

(See www. masongaffney.org) Gaffney has explored a variety of second - and third-order effects of Georgist policy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Herman Daly Festschrift~ Ecological and Georgist Economic Principles~ A Comparison] Reference

Succumbing to third-order temptation — intellectual temptation — comes dangerously close to aspiring to divinity.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cosmological convergence] Reference

I completely standardize both temperature and number of storms for their time trends given by third-order polynomial models.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Atlantic Hurricane season « Climate Audit] Reference

"When the EU abandons the embargo, the second - and third-order effects will be significant," says a senior U.S. Defense official.    From Wordnik.com.  [BULLETS FOR BEIJING] Reference

Then there are third-order consequences: in the next 20 years, new states could emerge as old ones shrink, fracture, or disappear.    From Wordnik.com.  [After Iraq] Reference

However, even third-order wins can be taken a step further.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mets Geek] Reference

Output third-order intercept, OIP3, is used to specify linearity.    From Wordnik.com.  [Latest News from SYS-CON MEDIA] Reference

"There are second - and third-order effects," said Admiral Gortney.    From Wordnik.com.  [Christian Science Monitor | Top Stories] Reference

Again, for comparison, the Mets 'third-order record is 8.1 wins and 4.9 losses.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mets Geek] Reference

If they hit their third-order wins number, they're looking at closer to 60 wins.    From Wordnik.com.  [Baseball Analysts] Reference

The skin that divides in from out, the architect's work, is a third-order concern.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Tom Peters Weblog] Reference

According to third-order wins, the Marlins 'expected record is 8.3 wins and 5.7 losses.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mets Geek] Reference

The average third-order win totals for NL and AL teams were 78.5 and 84.8, respectively.    From Wordnik.com.  [SB Nation Featured Posts] Reference

Another U.S. general warns that the protest could have "second - and third-order effects".    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN.com] Reference

The LTC554x mixers offer IIP3 (input third-order intercept) of 26dBm, low noise figures of.    From Wordnik.com.  [Electronicstalk - electronics industry news] Reference

They wound up 12.2 games above their third-order projection, the third-highest mark of all time.    From Wordnik.com.  [Baseball Prospectus] Reference

«There's lots of second-order and third-order beneficial effects of designing a common family of airplanes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dedefensa] Reference

That makes sense, because third-order wins attempt to remove luck, and luck causes the distribution to spread wider.    From Wordnik.com.  [SB Nation Featured Posts] Reference

To confirm this, we can look at the Marlins third-order wins, which adjusts runs scored and allowed for strength of schedule.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mets Geek] Reference

Their 22-15 Pythagorean record is two wins better than their actual record, and their third-order results are slightly better still.    From Wordnik.com.  [Baseball Prospectus] Reference

I'm going to use Baseball Prospectus 'third-order wins metric, which adjusts for run differential (via EqA) and strength of schedule.    From Wordnik.com.  [SB Nation Featured Posts] Reference

Featuring third-order intercept of 15dBm in the common mobile radio bands, the analyzers perform comparably to high-end desktop models.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wireless Design Asia - Latest Updates] Reference

Then he took soldiers from those second-order conquests to make third-order conquests, and then soldiers from the third to make fourth.    From Wordnik.com.  [Talents, Incorporated] Reference

I've seen him in action and found him a very clear thinker - he is able to see the second - or third-order consequences of a given plan.    From Wordnik.com.  [BNET Articles] Reference

The merits of third-order wins and other Pythagorean-like win estimators have been debated before, so I won't mention much about them here.    From Wordnik.com.  [SB Nation Featured Posts] Reference