Hermitian conjugate

[ her-mee-shuhn ]

/ hərˈmi ʃən /

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noun Mathematics.

adjoint (def. 2).

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Origin of Hermitian conjugate

1960–65; after C. Hermite; see -ian

Words nearby Hermitian conjugate

Hermione, hermit, hermitage, hermit crab, Hermite, Hermitian conjugate, Hermitian matrix, Hermit Kingdom, Hermit of St. Augustine, hermit thrush, Hermod

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How to use Hermitian conjugate in a sentence

By far the most important of the conjugate sulphates and representative of the group is potassium indoxyl sulphate.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
I had an old maid English teacher when I was a boy who made us conjugate to like instead of the more intimate and tender word.
The Flockmaster of Poison Creek|George W. Ogden
When at last I dozed, in sheer exhaustion of mind and body, it became a vast shadowy verb which I had to conjugate.
Great Expectations|Charles Dickens
I warrant we shall smile some day at our present desperate straits, and meanwhile "to wait" is the verb we must conjugate.'
A German Pompadour|Marie Hay

When two ciliated infusoria conjugate they place themselves side by side, and connect for a time by means of a bridge of plasm.
The Wonders of Life|Ernst Haeckel

British Dictionary definitions for Hermitian conjugate

Hermitian conjugate

/ (hɜːˈmɪtɪən) /

noun

maths a matrix that is the transpose of the matrix of the complex conjugates of the entries of a given matrixAlso called: adjoint

Word Origin for Hermitian conjugate

C19: named after Charles Hermite (1822–1901), French mathematician

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