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symplectics

symplectics is the plural of symplectic.

Meaning of symplectic

Noun

symplectic (plural symplectics)

  1. A symplectic bilinear form, manifold, geometry, etc.
    • The structure of stable symplectics on finite dimensional spaces has been studied by Krein [8], Gelfand & Lidskii [9], and Moser [10] in work of considerable practical importance.1967, Journal of Mathematics and Mechanics, volume 16, number 1, Indiana University, page 339
  2. A bone in the teleostean fishes that forms the lower ossification of the suspensorium, and which articulates below with the quadrate bone by which it is firmly held.
    • The symplectics (9) consist of a somewhat curved central triangular portion with the base upward, and anteriorly and posteriorly from this extends a wing-like process.1914, The Philippine Journal of Science, Volume 9, page 27

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Questions about symplectics

What is symplectics the plural of?
Symplectics is the plural of symplectic.

Words near symplectics in the dictionary

  1. symplectic groups
  2. symplectic matrices
  3. symplectic matrix
  4. symplectically
  5. symplecticity
  6. symplectics
  7. symplectisation
  8. symplectisations
  9. symplectite
  10. symplectites
  11. symplectitic

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