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Compliance can mean:
- In mechanical science, the inverse of stiffness Stiffness is the resistance of an elastic body to deformation by an applied force along a given degree of freedom when a set of loading points and boundary conditions are prescribed on the elastic body. It is an extensive material property
- Compliance (medicine) Compliance is a medical term that means the degree to which a patient correctly follows medical advice. Most commonly, it refers to medication, or drug compliance, but may also mean use of medical appliances such as compression stockings, chronic wound care, self-directed physiotherapy exercises, or attending counseling or other courses of therapy, a patient's (or doctor's) adherence to a recommended course of treatment
- Compliance (physiology) Compliance is a measure of the tendency of a hollow organ to resist recoil toward its original dimensions upon removal of a distending or compressing force. It is the reciprocal of "elastance", a measure of the tendency of a hollow organ to resist recoil toward its original dimensions upon removal of a distending or compressing force
- Compliance (regulation) In general, compliance means conforming to a rule, such as a specification, policy, standard or law. Regulatory compliance describes the goal that corporations or public agencies aspire to in their efforts to ensure that personnel are aware of and take steps to comply with relevant laws and regulations, the act of adhering to, and demonstrating adherence to, a standard or regulation
- Compliance (psychology) Compliance refers to the act of responding favorably to an explicit or implicit request offered by others. The request may be explicit, such as a direct request for donations, or implicit, such as an advertisement promoting its products without directly asking for purchase. In all cases, the target recognizes that he or she is being urged to
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