compliance

[ kuhm-plahy-uhns ]
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noun
  1. the act of conforming, acquiescing, or yielding.

  2. a tendency to yield readily to others, especially in a weak and subservient way.

  1. conformity; accordance: in compliance with orders.

  2. cooperation or obedience: Compliance with the law is expected of all.

  3. Physics.

    • the strain of an elastic body expressed as a function of the force producing the strain.

    • a coefficient expressing the responsiveness of a mechanical system to a periodic force.

Origin of compliance

1
First recorded in 1635–45; comply + -ance

Other words from compliance

  • o·ver·com·pli·ance, noun
  • pre·com·pli·ance, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for compliance

compliance

compliancy

/ (kəmˈplaɪəns) /


noun
  1. the act of complying; acquiescence

  2. a disposition to yield to or comply with others

  1. a measure of the ability of a mechanical system to respond to an applied vibrating force, expressed as the reciprocal of the system's stiffness: Symbol: C

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