What is "automorphic"

Automorphic \Au`to*mor"phic\, a. [Auto- + Gr. ? for, shape.] Patterned after one's self.

The conception which any one frames of another's mind is more or less after the pattern of his own mind, -- is automorphic.
--H. Spenser.

a. 1 (context geology English) Describing a mineral, in an igneous rock, that is bounded by its own crystal face; euhedral, idiomorphic 2 (context mathematics English) Describing a number whose square ends in the number itself; circular 3 (context mathematics English) Of or pertaining to automorphy or an automorphism

Automorphic in mathematics may apply to

• Automorphic numbers
• Automorphic forms or the related automorphic representations
• Automorphism

In geology:

• an automorphic rock texture is one in which the external form of the mineral constituents is controlled only by the internal crystal structure.