"higher-order function" meaning in English

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          "text": "A higher-order function is a function that operates on other functions instead of on data values. Some of these take data arguments and manufacture functions to order; others, like the imap() function of Chapter 4, transform one function into another one.",
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        "(computer science) A function that takes one or more functions as an input, and returns a function as a result."
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          "sense": "high-order function",
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            "feminine"
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          "word": "Funktion höherer Ordnung"
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          "sense": "high-order function",
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