Hamiltonian

Meanings

Adjective

• Of, attributed to or inspired by the Irish mathematician, astronomer and physicist William Rowan Hamilton (1805–1865).
• That visits each vertex exactly once.
• Containing a Hamiltonian cycle.
• Advocated by Alexander Hamilton.
• Relating to James Hamilton (1769-1831), or his method of teaching languages without grammar, by a literal interlinear word-for-word translation.
• Relating to Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet (1788–1856), Scottish metaphysician.
• Of or relating to any city named Hamilton.

Noun

• A function (of time), denoted H, that corresponds to the total energy of the system.
• The observable, denoted H, that corresponds to the total energy of the system.
• A member of the faction of the US government in the George Washington administration led by Alexander Hamilton.
• A native or inhabitant of any city named Hamilton.

Origin

• From Hamilton -ian, alluding to either Irish mathematician William Rowan Hamilton (1805-1865) or American politician Alexander Hamilton (1755-1804).
• From Hamilton -ian.