I know the definition of symplectic structure, symplectic group, and so on. But what does the word "symplectic" itself mean?
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Best Answer
The term "symplectic group" was suggested in The Classical Groups: their invariants and representations (1939, p. 165) by Herman Weyl:
Take a look at the Earliest Known Uses of Some of the Words of Mathematics web page.