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sym·plec·tic
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symplecticadjective
Describing the geometry of differentiable manifolds equipped with a closed, nondegenerate 2-form
Etymology: Calque of complex, by. Complex comes from the Latin complexus (from com- + plectere), while symplectic comes from the corresponding sym-plektos (συμ, variant of σύν + πλεκτικός, from πλέκω). In both cases the suffix comes from plek-.
Webster Dictionary
Symplecticadjective
plaiting or joining together; -- said of a bone next above the quadrate in the mandibular suspensorium of many fishes, which unites together the other bones of the suspensorium
Symplecticnoun
the symplectic bone
Etymology: [Gr. plaiting together, fr. to plait together.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Symplectic
sim-plek′tik, adj. placed in or among, as if woven together.—n. a bone in the Teleostean fishes which forms the lower ossification of the suspensorium, and which articulates below with the quadrate bone by which it is firmly held. [Gr. symplektikos—syn, together, plekein, to weave.]
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of symplectic in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of symplectic in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
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