1. of, relating to, or characteristic of a hermit or hermits; solitary or reclusive
2. relating to or denoting a mathematical or physical operator that is equal to its own adjoint
Usage: mathematics, physics

Examples

• The hermitic lifestyle appealed to monks seeking spiritual contemplation.
• She adopted a hermitic existence after retiring to the countryside.
• His hermitic tendencies made him prefer solitude to social gatherings.
• In quantum mechanics, hermitic operators represent observable physical quantities.
• The hermitic matrix has real eigenvalues and orthogonal eigenvectors.
• A hermitic life does not necessarily mean one is unhappy or unfulfilled.