Compliance
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Compliance can mean:
- In mechanical science, the inverse of stiffnessStiffnessStiffness 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.-Calculations:...
- Compliance (medicine)Compliance (medicine)In medicine, compliance describes the degree to which a patient correctly follows medical advice...
, a patient's (or doctor's) adherence to a recommended course of treatment - Compliance (physiology), the tendency of a hollow organ to resist recoil toward its original dimensions
- Regulatory complianceRegulatory complianceIn 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...
, adherence to standards, regulations, and other requirements - Compliance (psychology)Compliance (psychology)Compliance refers to a response — specifically, a submission — made in reaction to a request. The request may be explicit or implicit . The target may or may not recognize that he or she is being urged to act in a particular way.Social psychology is centered on the idea of social influence...
, responding favorably to a request offered by others