"self-adjoint" meaning in English

See self-adjoint in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé? Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *selbaz Old English self Old English self- Middle English self- English self- English adjoint English self-adjoint From self- + adjoint. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|self-|adjoint|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé? Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *selbaz Old English self Old English self- Middle English self- English self- English adjoint English self-adjoint [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "is_uncertain" : true, "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*swé", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*selbʰ-", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*selbaz", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "self", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "self-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "self-", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "self-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "adjoint", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "self-adjoint", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="self-adjoint"> From self- + adjoint. Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} self-adjoint (not comparable)
  1. (mathematics) Adjoint to itself. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-self-adjoint-en-adj-isIEQKN2 Categories (other): Mathematics, English terms prefixed with self- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with self-: 73 27 Topics: mathematics, sciences
  2. (functional analysis) Being a Hilbert space operator which is Hermitian and also whose eigenvectors span the entire Hilbert space. Tags: not-comparable Translations (Translations): самоспрегнат (samospregnat) (Bulgarian), autoadjoint (French), selbstadjungiert (German)
    Sense id: en-self-adjoint-en-adj-9sqMMWyL Categories (other): Functional analysis, English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with etymon, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees, Pages with etymon, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 37 63 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 37 63 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 37 63 Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 27 73 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 72 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 9 91 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 11 89 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 6 94 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 94 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 17 83 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 8 92 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of 'Translations': 10 90
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: self-adjointness

Alternative forms

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