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compliance
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compliance

Conforming to a specification, standard or law that has been clearly defined.

compliance, compliancy
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.
compliance [kəm′plī·əns]
(mechanics)
The displacement of a linear mechanical system under a unit force.


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