different between itself vs endomorphism

English

Etymology

From it +? -self.

Pronunciation

• (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?t?s?lf/
• Rhymes: -?lf

Pronoun

itself (the third person singular, neuter, personal pronoun, the reflexive form of it, masculine himself, feminine herself, plural themselves)

1. (reflexive) it; A thing as the object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject

   The door closed by itself

2. (emphatic) it; used to intensify the subject, especially to emphasize that it is the only participant in the predicate

   The door itself is quite heavy.

3. (emphatic, archaic) it; used to refer back to an earlier subject

Synonyms

• itsself (obsolete)

Derived terms

• in-itselfness
• thing-in-itself

Translations

See also

Anagrams

• filets, fistle, fliest, flites, stifle

English

Etymology

endo- +? -morphism

Noun

endomorphism (plural endomorphisms)

1. (geology) The assimilation of surrounding rock by an intrusive igneous rock
2. (mathematics) A homomorphism that maps a system to itself

Hyponyms

• (mathematics): automorphism

Translations

Further reading

• endomorphism on Wikipedia.Wikipedia