# Hermitian

> English word · Adjective · IPA /hɜː(ɹ)ˈmɪʃən/ · frequency rank #85,341

## Definitions
1. Equal to its own transpose conjugate.

## Etymology
After the French mathematician Charles Hermite (1822–1901), + -ian.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/hermitian