Meanings
adjectiveself-adjoint (not comparable)
- not comparablemathematicsAdjoint to itself.
- not comparablefunctional analysisBeing a Hilbert space operator which is Hermitian and also whose eigenvectors span the entire Hilbert space.
Synonyms & antonyms
Also see
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*swé?
- Proto-Indo-European*selbʰ-
- Proto-Germanic*selbaz
- Old Englishself
- Old Englishself-
- Middle Englishself-
- Englishself-
- Englishadjoint
- Englishself-adjoint
Translations
Bulgarian самоспрегнат
- самоспрегнат (samospregnat)Translations
French autoadjoint
- autoadjointTranslations
German selbstadjungiert
- selbstadjungiertTranslations
Cite this entry
APA
self-adjoint. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-adjoint
MLA
“self-adjoint.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-adjoint. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “self-adjoint,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-adjoint.
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